Example sentences of "[been] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 's been up to unit
2 Unfortunately , Fenella takes her duties terribly seriously and would have a minute by minute report of what Springsteen had been up to while I 'd been away .
3 I 've been up to church .
4 That puppy-dog expression of one who has been up to mischief and is worried you will find out but knows you will forgive him anyway .
5 Vaguely she wondered if Kate and Stephen had been up to mischief .
6 so erm tt so anyway Saturday we gets to Durham , she 's says oh your Alex was just been on phone , she 'd , she 'd been up to school to do a hockey match
7 And our all round cricket has not been up to standard . ’
8 Bob Shepton says that they sailed the atlantic and have been up to greenland so this was what was left to do …
9 Wright is not that much of a loss — in the games he has played for the national team which i have seen he has not been up to par .
10 I 've been up since quarter to five .
11 He 's only been up since quarter to three
12 Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres .
13 In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May .
14 If we 'd been up on Water Gypsy 's superstructure you 'd have been in the canal by now . ’
15 ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face .
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