Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening . |
| 2 | If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid . |
| 3 | With the sea-routes open again trade picked up for a while . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 10 | 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 . |