Example sentences of "i 've been [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been reading up on brochs , but when you 're actually there it 's really just the setting that 's so marvellous , and trying to imagine the sort of life they lived . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Never , but I 've been reading up on the history . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 4 | Myler said : ‘ I 've been fed up of injuries and played only eight matches last season after a neck operation . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been brushing up on my Italian , ’ Molly 's father went on , ‘ with the aid of an extremely sexy-sounding signorina I got on a tape from the Fulham Public Library . |
| 7 | I 've been saving up towards a Christmas food hamper all year and now it 's arrived I 'm very disappointed with it . |
| 8 | I 've been cooped up with my work , but I 'm sure my security staff would have notified me of any unexpected guests . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been picking up after them all night and all morning . |
| 10 | K. I 've been held up at Paddington , John . |
| 11 | But I suspected you were — well , feeling the way you did because of the way I 've been wrapped up in work , rather than because of any change in your condition . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This is a battle for me but I 've been brought up to battle . |
| 13 | Following last night 's 2–0 defeat by the USA he said : ‘ This is a battle for me , but I 've been brought up to battle . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 've been brought up in a good school these last few years , do n't you think ? |
| 15 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been stitched up by the Richardson gang ’ |
| 17 | " Well , I 've been sitting up with one of my best sows . |