Example sentences of "up a [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draw up a plan for a supermarket using the following information : |
| 2 | He canna climb up a tree for a coconut , he canna go up the mountain for wild bananas . |
| 3 | Claudia could see that locking up a Masai for a crime he did not understand was cruel and inhuman . |
| 4 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 5 | A major advantage of deck shoes is their price — you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver . |
| 6 | A group of children have taken up a campaign for a footpath outside their school . |
| 7 | He 's drawn up a route for a walk to the South Pole … of Mars , that is . |
| 8 | I decided to draw up a proposal for a book which would attempt a synthesis of structuralist and feminist ideas — not with any enthusiasm , and with the hope that it would never actually get done . |
| 9 | 2 ) I also met Diana England who teaches at IH in Lisbon and who wants to put up a proposal for a Resource Book on Spelling . |
| 10 | Master butcher Howard Callaghan returned from picking up an award for a pork window display to discover the plate glass front of the shop blown away . |