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

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1 About the year 1737 , were found in St Margaret 's church-yard , Westminster , in a dry gravelly soil , at the depth of about 18 feet , or less , which had not been broken up for above fifty years before , three entire fir coffins ; the two largest clampt together with iron , as boxes sometimes are .
2 Thus conservation has become a much more difficult and demanding area , but this has been made up for by an improvement in the scientific knowledge now available to the conservator .
3 It 's a performance story that 's been adding up for over a decade .
4 The 16 patients who did not identify foods as causing symptoms have been followed up for between nine and 46 months .
5 All have been followed up for at least two years .
6 All have been followed up for at least 5 years .
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