Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up for [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the diligent ‘ style ’ journalist he is , Cohn notes them all down and offers them up for our delight . |
| 2 | A nest , of course , that had a huge , probably wholly malevolent , black-browed spider at the centre of it , King Spider himself warming her up for his dinner she supposed . |
| 3 | At his home his mother earnestly tried to fatten us up for our adventure ahead , as only the Chinese know how . |
| 4 | I 'll wrap it up for your Christmas present . |
| 5 | See , ’ she held it up for his inspection . |