Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 2 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 3 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 4 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 5 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 6 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |
| 7 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 8 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 9 | The middle reach was occupied by small craft , mostly laying up for the winter , some of them already double lashed down under weather-cloths . |