Example sentences of "up for a " in BNC.
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| 61 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 62 | To do this they arranged a movable slit to open for a wide ΔΕ when the photodiode array is operating and close up for a narrow ΔΕ for the spectral detector . |
| 63 | When this goon is at the point of his beat furthest away from our stretch of wire , the Wing Commander will give the signal to Clinker here — ’ a dark beetle-like man stood up for a moment and sat down again , ‘ — who will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp including the searchlights . ’ |
| 64 | blindly coming up for a breather |
| 65 | Knowing the Scots were in town , the ‘ Moulin Rouge ’ warmed up for a busy night , and predictably Gallacher led a rabble of players through the hotel window to the forbidden pleasures of Parisian life . |
| 66 | In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo . |
| 67 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 68 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 69 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 70 | Och , Ah 've been dyin' tae get up for a weekend amang yirsels . |
| 71 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 72 | From the ‘ savings , ’ as they are referred to , funds have been redeployed to make up for a decade in which growth of support for basic scientific research was , at best , sluggish . |
| 73 | Two sections of the middle class girded up for a fight ; the rising mechanics and practical men of industry versus the established professional men of science and culture . |
| 74 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 75 | To make up for a late start , the government this year announced it would make available £125 million of grants to push industry into the robot age . |
| 76 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 77 | The Leeds Permanent Building Society , for example , pays £5 to one of three charities for each customer who signs up for a Leeds Visa affinity card . |
| 78 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 79 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 80 | And they make up for a curtailed visual field by being able to rotate their heads through 180° . |
| 81 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 82 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 83 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 84 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 85 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 86 | The dynamic duo get away from the troubles of the world and curl up for a nap , by ffolkes , June 1954 |
| 87 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 88 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 89 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 90 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |