Example sentences of "up for good " in BNC.
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1 | As it had in 1945 , 1964 and 1974 , Labour would inherit the mess the Tories had left behind , he said , but , this time , with an historic mission to clean it up for good . |
2 | The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank . |
3 | He may have been pleased to get the job — but he was only shot into the spot in order to stand up for good , Christian , family values and to restore party morale in Cecil 's wake . |
4 | ‘ If the mother thinks her calf is dead , she 'll dry up for good . |
5 | Those Belgians must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time , and they probably saw something they should n't have seen , so someone shut them up for good . |
6 | ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’ |
7 | You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls . |
8 | ORGANISATIONS employing more than 35,000 people signed up for good health at a ceremony in South Cleveland Hospital . |
9 | At least 33 shows have been cancelled and the music hall will be boarded up for good within three months , Palladium officials said . |