Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [adv] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 2 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 3 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 4 | In one blinding flash then , she had realised how much she had actually given up for Paul in a futile attempt to avert his jealous outbursts — friends , family , social life , even smiling … |
| 5 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 6 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 7 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |