Example sentences of "i [vb past] up for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing happened and as I like to race every weekend I signed up for a meeting in France on June 13 ’ , he said . |
| 5 | The following day I signed up for an accountancy course as an ‘ extra option ’ . |
| 6 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 7 | I went up for a weekend . |
| 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 | Yeah yeah yeah I had a shilling pocket money and out of that I saved up for a bike . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I stood up for a gasp of air , ducked down again , searching with fingers , with feet , with urgency turning to appalling alarm . |