Example sentences of "up for a [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , the ‘ drag-down ’ factor operates ; graduates make up for a shortage of technicians with intermediate skills . |
| 2 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 3 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 4 | Anyway , if there 's no visa I 'm gon na live it up for a couple of days , then put me foot down and not take it off till I get to Gib . |
| 5 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 6 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 7 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 8 | Huntworth , Pipe 's only other runner at the meeting , provided Scudamore with his 71st success of the season when making all the running in the Happy Eater Restaurant Handicap Chase to make up for a string of disappointments . |
| 9 | You 're stood up for a number of offenses , the first of which is that on the twenty first of June nineteen eighty eight you , on the public road way in Accrington Road Worley used the mechanics of the vehicle when there was an excise licence in force , it 's an offence of the vehicles excise act in nineteen seventy one . |
| 10 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 11 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 12 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |