Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | " I 'll chop them up for kindling . " |
2 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
3 | So that was the attitude hey , but erm they 'll have me up for libel here . |
4 | I 'll put them up for auction . ’ |
5 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
6 | Chilean fishermen are killing thousands of some of the world 's rarest dolphins so that they can chop them up for bait to catch the southern king crab . |