Example sentences of "up for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if Mike could set it up for tonight , and it went well , a drink with J. J. in the club afterward could pay big dividends . |
| 2 | Ninety three patients entered the study , and 82 were followed up for up to five years ( mean ( SEM ) 28 ( 1.5 ) months ) with six monthly ultrasonagraphy and yearly oral cholecystectography . |
| 3 | KINGS FOUNTAIN was last night given the clean bill of health he required to line up for tomorrow 's Mackeson Gold Cup at Cheltenham . |
| 4 | The Manchester United midfielder , originally called up for tomorrow 's friendly in Santander when Trevor Steven withdrew , was suffering from a virus despite his match-winning performance in Sunday 's 2-0 home win over Leeds . |
| 5 | She thought of the shoot lined up for tomorrow morning at Paolo 's , a relatively new design house , and shook her head . |
| 6 | Around 1,000 prospective buyers are likely to turn up for tomorrow 's sale . |
| 7 | An inaugural meeting of the Merseyside Music Industry Association has been set up for tomorrow night . |
| 8 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 9 | The Graduate was up for Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress ( Bancroft ) , Best Supporting Actress ( Ross ) , Best Screenplay ( based on material from another medium ) , and Best Cinematography ( Robert Surtees ) . |
| 10 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
| 11 | ‘ And a holiday abroad each year to make up for not seeing you much over the past while ! ’ |
| 12 | They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her . |
| 13 | In this study , the highest figure for gall stone recurrence is 26 ( diagnosed by either oral cholecystectography or ultrasonagraphy ) of 82 patients followed up for at least six months ( 60 of whom were followed up for not less than two years ) giving a crude recurrence rate of 31.7% which correspondes , by LTA , to a cumulative actuarial rate of 41.0 ( 7.2 ) % at 3.5 and subsequent years . |
| 14 | He told him how much of his pay he had saved up for today , how he would personally kick him all the way back to Newmarket if he did n't win , how he was a big beautiful bastard that could n't fucking lose , could he ? |
| 15 | Okay we 'll give up for today . |
| 16 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 17 | Looking at the level plan , which is the basic one base plan and level plan What we 're really saying there with that plan , whatever you set it up for today , |
| 18 | Okay , so the level whatever you set up for today , will still be that way , unless you change it . |
| 19 | Of course , everyone signs up for nearly everything , but then it 's all part of university life . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 21 | Terry Pearson , head of the bank 's global custody division , said the system could be set up for well under £50 million . |
| 22 | US Sun Chemical Corporation exploited the weakness of the pound yesterday and snapped it up for just under £15m , or 167.5p a share . |
| 23 | ‘ Lined them up for later on ? ’ he asked . |
| 24 | Black people can be denied eligibility by rules which were originally drawn up for completely different purposes ; property let to ethnic minorities tends to be of lower quality than that allocated to the white population ; and black families , which tend to be larger , may not find council accommodation which is large enough for their needs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 25 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 26 | The first person soon flew gracefully to the bottom of the hill , staying up for over a minute . |
| 27 | It is n't always easy for anyone to get to the bottom of every detail of a bill er which refers to earlier legislation and erm er er I 'm sure that my Noble Friend would sympathise anyhow erm er er w with with me insofar as I also do not have the advantage of er legal qualifications which he manages to make up for most adequately . |
| 28 | The Home Office spokesman said he could not comment on reports that the men had been beaten up for allegedly ‘ grassing ’ on other prisoners in the wing . |
| 29 | Order large glass of dry sherry and feel its warmth penetrate toes , making up for rather painful new shoes . |
| 30 | It had signs up for both so I never could work out which it was . |