Example sentences of "i [verb] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learnt this lesson the hard way : I turned up for a dinner party having remembered everything for the baby , even flowers for the hostess , and then the baby was sick all over my lovely silk skirt ! |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing happened and as I like to race every weekend I signed up for a meeting in France on June 13 ’ , he said . |
| 3 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 4 | I went up for a weekend . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Yeah yeah yeah I had a shilling pocket money and out of that I saved up for a bike . |
| 7 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 8 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 9 | I stood up for a gasp of air , ducked down again , searching with fingers , with feet , with urgency turning to appalling alarm . |