Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] up for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 2 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 3 | As this happened two weeks before Christmas , Sinitta hopes someone scooped him up for a Christmas gift . |
| 4 | They brought Sam here , Put him up for a year . |
| 5 | My dad , well in fact , we , we were laughing at my dad because we said , we said , it shut her up for a bit ! |
| 6 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 7 | The Thelma & Louise star , then a sales assistant , impressed a talent spotter who snapped her up for a stage role . |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . |