Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 2 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 3 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 4 | Some thought Meredith Jones a rough , bullying master , picking out the brightest boys to train them up for the scholarship class and by their results inflate his own ego . |
| 5 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 6 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 7 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 8 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 9 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 10 | Did you have to psych yourself up for the part ? |
| 11 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 12 | The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair . |
| 13 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 14 | It would n't do any harm , either physically or financially , to have the two of them come up to London , possibly put them up for the night . |
| 15 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 16 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 17 | He had a bleeper in his house which wakes him up for every call though for insurance reasons he can not join the men . |
| 18 | I would n't give him up for the world . ’ |
| 19 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 20 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 21 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 22 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 23 | Bob Geldof would shine as scruffy Larry but cleaning him up for the post wedding scenes could be hard . |
| 24 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 25 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 26 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |
| 27 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 28 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 29 | If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’ |
| 30 | Do n't I get any thanks for offering to put you up for the weekend ? ’ |