Example sentences of "and [vb past] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 2 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 3 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 4 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |