Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] up for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 2 | This has become so serious a concern that early in 1991 , less than a year before their latest deadline for the launch of CD-I , Philips themselves established their own CD-I publishing operation , perhaps in an effort to energise CD-I disc investment or to make up for the lack of it . |
| 3 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 5 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 6 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 7 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 8 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 9 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 10 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 11 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 12 | It took me to twenty to stand into a half crouch and reach up for the bolt . |