Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 2 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 3 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 4 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 5 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 6 | He had post-graduate study in Canada lined up for the following year and was looking for short-term employment . |
| 7 | It was n't only the seeds of oats ; the cornfields usually contained quantities of weeds like chickweed , spurrey and charlock and it was on all these that the skylarks , twite and rock doves fattened up for the coming winter . |
| 8 | Ballesteros tuned up for the Moroccan Open , which begins today at King Hassan II 's private golf course at Agadir , by playing for Europe in a special international match against Africa yesterday and said : ‘ We need more of this type of golf . ’ |
| 9 | Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre-season testimonial match for Barnett . |
| 10 | Boats pulled up for the deceptive winter , the restless thud of the sea beyond the outer wall threatening to break into their sanctuary . |
| 11 | I thought , ‘ Well , I 've got second place wrapped up for the Open ! ’ |
| 12 | ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles . |
| 13 | ‘ Your concern does you credit , and I 'll see to it you have a few things wrapped up for the poor woman when you go to see her . ’ |
| 14 | On both occasions the Soviet Union made up for the extreme weakness of its client but , by providing the personnel to operate missile sites , it was consciously limiting the ways in which these missiles could be used against Israel . |
| 15 | Now he 'd lost that sense of fitting the rubrics which his kin and his province drew up for the proper conduct of a man like himself . |
| 16 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |