Example sentences of "[vb past] up for [art] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip . |
| 2 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 3 | Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support . |
| 4 | I must thank the judges who did a good job for us apart from three who entered , showed up for a while and were then missing when their turn was due . |
| 5 | When the Watermen closed its doors , Connor locked up for the night and made his way upstairs . |
| 6 | ‘ Never needed one , ’ the beautiful barmaid explained , as Cornelius settled up for the bread and board . |
| 7 | Hop growing was the main industry in the village and the school 's calendar was very much influenced by the farming calendar : ‘ August 24th , 1883 — broke up for the harvest and hop tying today . |
| 8 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
| 9 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 10 | but when he stumped up for a brandy and soda |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 13 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |