Example sentences of "[verb] up for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 2 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 3 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 4 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 5 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 6 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 7 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini . |
| 10 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 11 | Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race . |
| 12 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 13 | Lucien , however , liked the comparative privacy of the court and , once he 'd become familiar with the routines of the household and felt confident enough to venture around alone , went there often to limber up for an hour before his own breakfast . |
| 14 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 15 | Dressing up for a walk in the forest to find eggs |
| 16 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 17 | AT LONG last we have a newspaper that will speak up for a referendum on Maastricht . |
| 18 | Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison . |
| 19 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 20 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 21 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 22 | Hold up for a count of 10 , relax and repeat . |
| 23 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 24 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 25 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |
| 26 | I wondered briefly what a British nursing sister would have said , but the act of motherly comfort may well have made up for the lack of quiet during the day . |
| 27 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent ( UX No 425 ) , should come as no real surprise . |
| 28 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent , should come as no real surprise . |
| 29 | Lining up for a photocall in front of the latest Leyland Daf trucks , just before the announcement of the rosy future the newly formed companies have predicted for themselves . |
| 30 | Barbel 's the only woman among thirty competitors lining up for the start in Geneva this weekend . |