Example sentences of "have [verb] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 2 | Apparently he 'd rung up for the ride . |
| 3 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 4 | They are cared for by the shepherds , who would once have come up for the summer along with the animals , and slept in their traditional , bleak little cabins ; nowadays , they are for the most part motorized and can commute genteelly to the livestock from their homes below . |
| 5 | I wondered briefly what a British nursing sister would have said , but the act of motherly comfort may well have made up for the lack of quiet during the day . |
| 6 | But it started to make me feel scared that it was something I was going to have to bring up for the rest of my life . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't actually met Frank yet ; he was appointed after we had broken up for the summer , ’ said Black . |
| 8 | They toasted Keith and me ( Keith had come up for the day to join in ) and bought us a slow cooker for our new home . |
| 9 | One of the less well-known consequences was that , when the companies who wrote unit-linked business wished to introduce personal pensions , they found that their natural mode of operation led them to return on death the fund which had built up for the policyholder , rather than any specific guaranteed rate of return . |
| 10 | Andrew Green , the present lord of the manor , and his wife had driven up for the day from Essex . |
| 11 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
| 12 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 13 | Lending the lie to the sceptics that saw no hope of NeXT Computer Inc winning any significant licensees for its object-oriented NeXTstep environment now that the company has abandoned its hardware side , the company yesterday announced that three blue chip names , Hewlett-Packard Co , Dell Computer Corp and Data General Corp had signed up for the NeXTstep 486 version . |
| 14 | His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had . |
| 15 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 16 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 17 | The eight to 10 weeks after schools have broken up for the summer are the peak period for tour operators , and it is only around mid-September that they can judge how successful they have been . |
| 18 | The occasion is the 25th birthday of the U-K owners club and around half of its 1,300 active members have turned up for the celebrations at Silverstone . |
| 19 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 20 | Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers . |
| 21 | Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers . |
| 22 | Since her success , 60 more pupils have signed up for the GNVQ — these are studying Business . |
| 23 | So far , 19 exhibitors have signed up for the events , including 3Com Corp , Conner Peripherals Inc , Fujitsu Ltd , Quantum Corp , Seagate Technology Corp and Ungermann-Bass Inc . |
| 24 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 25 | We have stood up for the values our country has always represented . |