Example sentences of "[noun sg] had be [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 2 | At Thirsk a lamb with a broken leg had been put up for sale , and transit offences to cattle and sheep rose from no convictions in 1990 to 15 last year . |
| 3 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 4 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 5 | They were afraid in that some time or another , some of the fellers on the corner had been locked up for obstruction . |
| 6 | The show had been set up for the little jockey but maybe , at some time in the future , Mrs Butler would be interested . |
| 7 | The boarding plank had been taken up for the night . |
| 8 | There the rooms were filled with ancient furniture , preserved under white sheets , as if the house had been closed up for the summer only , while its occupant was absent . |