Example sentences of "he [vb past] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 2 | He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open . |
| 3 | He reached up for the light switch . |
| 4 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |
| 5 | Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property . |
| 6 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |