Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 2 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 3 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 4 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 5 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 8 | 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 . |