Example sentences of "up [prep] some time " in BNC.

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1 Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox .
2 ‘ No more dressing up for some time .
3 They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time .
4 I have not dressed myself up for some time .
5 Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time .
6 Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time .
7 The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year .
8 It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’
9 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
10 I suspect that we will find that John Major is both pro-active and reaction , because in the next few months erm up to some time before June nineteen ninety two , there has to be a manifesto produced for the next election , and I think it 's in that you will probably see the pro-active side of John Major and his colleagues .
11 ‘ I hope we can all meet up at some time in the future , ’ says Tyler , ‘ and have a tap-dance . ’
12 After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established .
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