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

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1 Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence .
2 Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence .
3 Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area .
4 Worried that leaving it in the basket might suggest that she had been up to no good , the girl ran downstairs starkers with her boyfriend in hot pursuit , playfully offering to help .
5 Well , it will surprise you to know that Mrs Glen thought I , me , myself , personally had been up to no good .
6 North Korea would probably still have to admit , as Iraq has done under UN sanctions and as South Africa did voluntarily , that it had been up to no good .
7 Somerset police had indeed called , and the BA had indeed been up to no good .
8 She could n't stand Clarissa who , in the past , had quite often perceived it as her duty to inform Scarlet that her daughter , in one way or another , had been up to no good .
9 Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places .
10 Have you been up to the house yet ? ’
11 Tabitha Jute , remember , had not yet been up to the other floors of Plenty .
12 I 'd just arrived , and I had n't been up to the village yet , or seen anyone .
13 I saw him — never mind how , I 'll tell you later , but the point is , he 's been up to the house and taken things .
14 Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level .
15 This is because all the variation margin payments due will have been up to the penultimate trading day .
16 A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors .
17 And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step
18 So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic .
19 Fucking alright , I have n't been up to the today , I 've spent most of it sat fucking here .
20 And has he been up to the top of the
21 I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people .
22 I 've been up since the crack of dawn . ’
23 With regard to the flats I mean , one o erm the flats have been up since the late sixties and erm now they 're gon na be coming down .
24 ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too .
25 I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy .
26 So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then .
27 cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too
28 It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles .
29 No , I 've been up for an hour !
30 ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics .
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