Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 2 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 3 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 4 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 5 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 6 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 7 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |