Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening . |
| 2 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 3 | If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid . |
| 4 | Military action may solve a little domestic difficulty in the United States , with sections of American opinion hyped up for the kill . |
| 5 | Whale meat made up for the lack of other sources of protein in the Japanese diet . |
| 6 | With the sea-routes open again trade picked up for a while . |
| 7 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 8 | So Strachan in mid-tour signed up for the East Coast Bays club and the North Harbour seniors in a bid to get consistent first class play . |
| 9 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 10 | When this goon is at the point of his beat furthest away from our stretch of wire , the Wing Commander will give the signal to Clinker here — ’ a dark beetle-like man stood up for a moment and sat down again , ‘ — who will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp including the searchlights . ’ |
| 11 | In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo . |
| 12 | We get the whole thing seized up for an hour and a half in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening . |
| 13 | They can be bought direct via a stockbroker , or via a managed fund set up for the purpose . |
| 14 | Rex Mundi , Lazlo Woodbine and the two-headed offspring of a popular show-biz couple put up for the night in a room above the Tomorrowman Tavern . |
| 15 | This is an important tier within the complicated government structure set up for the health service , with responsibilities for the allocation of resources and for strategic planning . |
| 16 | Her attendants pay homage before entertaining her by dancing round the small maypole set up for the purpose . |
| 17 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 18 | Two sections of the middle class girded up for a fight ; the rising mechanics and practical men of industry versus the established professional men of science and culture . |
| 19 | Indeed , the huge TV screen set up for the occasion is now predicting that the Tories will be shy of an overall majority by a mere eight seats : John Major will surely be back at Number 10 . |