Example sentences of "be [vb pp] up for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out . |
| 2 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 3 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 4 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 5 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 6 | McKoy , the hometown favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 7 | Next month she will have been locked up for 4 years without being charged or tried , while an examining magistrate struggles to assemble enough evidence to convict her of murdering first her husband and then her boyfriend . |
| 8 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 9 | Q. My tank has been set up for five months now , and I do not seem to be able to achieve a good green algae growth . |
| 10 | Flower arrangers can test their skills by submitting designs for that posy , and colleagues will choose the winning entry to be made up for 2 July . |
| 11 | Instead of being demolished , the unused reactors will be locked up for 35 years . |
| 12 | He suffered a jaw broken in two places which had to be wired up for five weeks . |
| 13 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 14 | It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment . |
| 15 | The 24 patients in this group with an abnormal naevus pattern have been followed up for 178 person-years . |
| 16 | The prevalence of this diminishes with time after the event , which you might think peculiar , but there are fewer patients who have been followed up for five years . |
| 17 | Eighteen patients have now been followed up for 33 ( 24–42 ) months without any biliary problems . |
| 18 | The government was anxious to maintain its hold on the energy industry while a national energy plan was being drawn up for 1992 and with a post-1992 liberalization of the power supply market in mind . |
| 19 | Mhm that 's right yes some of the women were locked up for fifteen years . |
| 20 | The 100 children were followed up for 4.9 ( 1.8 ) years ( minimum two years ) to a mean age of 16.1 ( 2.2 ) years . |
| 21 | Fifty patients with healed ulcers were followed up for one year . |
| 22 | The follow up varied from 41 to 180 days , and because the trial was stopped only 48% of the patients were followed up for six months . |
| 23 | Patients were followed up for six months with ultrasound and assessment of symptoms . |
| 24 | 1455 children entered the Health Study and were followed up for 1185 child-years ( 596 vitamin A group , 589 placebo group ) . |
| 25 | The treatment intervals before radiotherapy are given for the patients who were followed up for three months or more while undergoing laser treatment . |
| 26 | The 21,906 children who entered the Survival Study were followed up for 33,287 child-years ( 16,508 vitamin A group , 16,779 placebo group ) . |
| 27 | In the remaining 21 patients H pylori was not eradicated ( group 2 ) and these patients were followed up for 12–54 months ( median 24 months ) . |
| 28 | In one randomised controlled trial of radical surgery 111 of 142 patients with cancer confined to the prostate were followed up for 15 years . |
| 29 | If these payments are kept up for five years and are used to buy a home , the Ministry of Defence will add £1 tax-free for every £3 saved . |
| 30 | My rent is paid up for six months . |