Example sentences of "[to-vb] up for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 2 | Used to come up for the odd break . |
| 3 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 4 | ‘ Since coming home , I have played for Wasps against Cambridge and for England against South Africa , so I need three tough Divisional fixtures to sharpen up for the international championship . |
| 5 | Before long , I was introduced to the hysterical world of balletomania and had had several overnight trips to Sadlers Wells theatre to queue up for the cheap seats , once even queueing all night . |
| 6 | IT just has to be every teacher 's nightmare — to turn up for the new term and face TEN sets of twins . |
| 7 | McGrath , returning after being forgiven for failing to turn up for the Irish trek to Albania two weeks ago , rewarded Jack Charlton 's faith in him with a goal and a swagger as though he had never been away . |
| 8 | But first we called at Mr Macauley 's sweet shop to stock up for the frequent film changes . |
| 9 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 10 | Pilots should be encouraged to make an assessment during the final turn of how much airbrake they will need as they start to straighten up for the final approach , instead of waiting until the turn is completed at which point it is already too late . |
| 11 | Students should expect the Government to meet living costs , but not to cough up for the extra beer and nightclubbing which Richard regards as an important part of student life . |
| 12 | It will have to be for us at least twenty one days , that 's the absolute rock bottom minimum I would have thought therefore the French I suspect have us over a barrel and we would have to cough up for the enormous expenditure of an extra building at Strasbourg which is not needed erm as I understand it er that er view I savoured I do n't erm have the details of that . |
| 13 | But that one painted notice is not enough to make up for the shabby doors , scruffy brickwork , and grimy frosted glass . |
| 14 | The latter comes in only when this mechanism is no longer operative , when it fails to apply , and the role of the preposition is then to make up for the inoperative movement of incidence … |
| 15 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 16 | Seven acres of land has been rented to make up for the lost space . |
| 17 | These rare but vivid glimpses of the extraordinary variety of life experience among the older generation in the early twentieth century are not only precious in themselves , but suggest the dangers of generalizing about the earlier past to make up for the lost history of ageing . |
| 18 | Some of the RPF 's leaders were uneasy about risking the new movement 's reputation by contesting these elections , but de Gaulle , perhaps trying to make up for the lost opportunities of 1945 and 1946 , was adamant that the Rassemblement should make an all-out effort to capture as much popular support as possible . |
| 19 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 20 | as if to make up for the early deaths of her sisters , she lived to a ripe old age , dying in the Almshouses at Dorking on 4 November 1855 , aged eighty-seven . |
| 21 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 22 | The largely working-class suburbs pay higher rates for shared services to make up for the high percentage of Detroit residents who default . |
| 23 | Fellow midfielder Lawrie Sanchez , whose goal beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , added : ‘ Every time we play them , they want to beat us to try to make up for the 1988 defeat . |
| 24 | He persuaded her to eat a little fish to make up for the missing protein . |
| 25 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 26 | Striving to make up for the considerable loss of all-rounder Jonathan Barnes , who is now a County League professional , Darlington RA have signed Australian Troy Dixon as their professional . |
| 27 | ‘ Bully , ’ said Angela , speaking very earnestly to the alsatian , ‘ here 's your chance to make up for the naughty things you 've done to me . |
| 28 | The signs are that he is prepared to sign up for the emerging versions of both political and monetary union . |
| 29 | Upgrades to its existing 91 and 93 systems are in the works and Encore says it expects its OEM , McDonnell-Douglas , to sign up for the new machine . |