Example sentences of "[vb infin] up for [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 2 | There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . " |
| 3 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 4 | Nothing , according to Slater , will make up for the fact that Alpha is three years late to market . |
| 5 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 6 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 7 | I just cos when I see children like that and you know there 's nothing you can really do for them , you ca n't make up for the fact that they 've got a rotten home life and that 's top and bottom line that 's what it is ! |
| 8 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 9 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 10 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 11 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |