Example sentences of "[been] up [prep] a " 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 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 5 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 6 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | ‘ Look dear , Joe 's just been up with a tray of sumptuous goodies . |
| 9 | Maya said , ‘ You ever been up in a helicopter ? ’ |