Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [noun] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one could be spared to get fresh cots , so these men from farthest Arran and the Rhondda Valley sat up for the rest of the night with a brown baby under each arm . |
| 2 | Hoddle 's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer 's loss . |
| 3 | The Queen , the unit 's colonel-in-chief , stood watching a final march past by as the corps band struck up for the last time . |
| 4 | In January 1965 he told his ambassador in Washington that at some point before the Atlantic treaty came up for renewal in 1969 , he would end integration of French forces and order all foreign forces to leave French soil . |
| 5 | Aherne may not have the long , quick pass of Saunders , but his all-action as Ireland were overwhelmed at Twickenham proved that the Silver Fox makes up for in tenacity what he lacks in technique . |
| 6 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 7 | In fact , the BBC charter comes up for review in 1993 and the Government will decide how broadcasting will be run without much regard for Birt 's opinions . |
| 8 | The new Tories talked of being ‘ on the side of the people ’ and when , in March 1954 the Television Bill came up for its second reading , they won the day . |
| 9 | Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's the Manchester scene summed up for you in one sentence . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's the Manchester scene summed up for you in one sentence . ’ |
| 12 | Earlier the court heard that in the days after the attack Nichol turned up for work with scratches on his face . |
| 13 | Still , the door policy makes up for it — they let you in if your name is quite similar to one that 's on the guest list . |
| 14 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 15 | Beware though , if you leave the bubble meter topped up for too long . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , British 800 metres record holder Kirsty Wade has arranged a social evening tonight to boost the trust fund set up for Cameron Sharp , the former international sprinter disabled in a car crash last year . |
| 17 | The problem law comes up for review in April , a piece of news that increased Carling 's alarm . |
| 18 | A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence . |
| 19 | The trustees administering the appeal fund set up for victims of the bombings have now approved the design of a memorial to be placed in Bridge Street at the scene of the atrocity . |
| 20 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 21 | Earlier this year the bank replaced this system with Micro Control in a lightning changeover : ‘ The mainframe was inflexible , so the bank already had a PC database set up for all its rules . ’ |
| 22 | Well probably because er you know we try and keep up er er certain standard every year and er you know it 's very important doing a video that you have the right songs for it , you know to get a story book set up for each song and this one we felt when we had it finished was probably you know the best we 've done so far and lucky enough we 've been proved right . |
| 23 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 24 | It 's an income redistribution to make up for 12 years of Reagan and Bush in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer . |