Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinks she 'll come up for a break . |
| 2 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 3 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’ |
| 5 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 6 | AT LONG last we have a newspaper that will speak up for a referendum on Maastricht . |