Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well anyway , I I 'll definitely go up for half a day a week you know . |
| 2 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 3 | I bet she 'll bloody wait up for Susan to ring . |
| 4 | She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure . |
| 5 | The early morning was marvellous if you could only get up for it . |
| 6 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 7 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 8 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 9 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 10 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |