Example sentences of "up for [art] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear .
2 If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number .
3 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 .
4 The others , including the new drummer , had come to pick Keith up for a practice while I was there .
5 ‘ Amber always runs up for a hug when I walk through the door ’ , she says .
6 And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army .
7 I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy .
8 One of the colleges he listed invited Katrina up for an interview and she seemed to like it there .
9 At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there .
10 Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers .
11 Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers .
12 And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things .
13 Someone to speak up for the person or their carer as an ‘ advocate ’ .
14 No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot .
15 There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . "
16 The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in .
17 Wet post cut up for the cook and it 's an anagram of wet post ?
18 So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count .
19 In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh :
20 It was dreamed up for the Monkees and its original conception was supposed to loosely parody the Beatles ' films A Hard Day 's Night and Help .
21 I just cos when I see children like that and you know there 's nothing you can really do for them , you ca n't make up for the fact that they 've got a rotten home life and that 's top and bottom line that 's what it is !
22 Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes .
23 He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’
24 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 .
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