Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are many instances where UK investment and product costs have been up to twenty per cent below other European countries , but the investment has still been located on the continent because of unfair political pressures and highly discriminatory practices , ’ he added to gasps of pained surprise . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 4 | The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze . |
| 5 | Others , on some of the more northerly islands , away from the emotion and strength of feeling in South Ronaldsay , were still murmuring that ‘ there 's no smoke without fire ’ and speculating on what the parents of the nine children had been up to . |
| 6 | The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race … |