Example sentences of "up for [art] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 2 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 3 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 4 | Having selected your water and turned up for a day 's fishing you then have to decide where the fish will be on the day in question . |
| 5 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 6 | Last spring , Lorna signed up for the fortnight 's training course , and was allocated a large portion of the Glasgow and Clyde area , with 12,000 potential customers . |
| 7 | A leading liberal , Mr Martin Lee , whose United Democrats won a landslide in elections for the partially-democratic legislature in September , defined the Governor 's job differently : ‘ He must be committed to democratising Hong Kong and to standing up for the territory 's interests , especially in the case of conflict with Britain and China . |
| 8 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 9 | He spent 1990 watching his paymasters demolish the investment bank that he had spent the previous seven years building up for the Pru 's assault on Wall Street . |
| 10 | The young Fusiliers had been patriotically offered up for the politicians ' errors ; they had even been bullied by the militant women brandishing their white feathers , and they went cheering , singing , promising to come home victoriously to the grime and love of their Lancashire womb . |
| 11 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 12 | Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’ |
| 13 | Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea . |
| 14 | Chris Lewis and Paul Jarvis were the pick of England 's attack , making up for the spinners ' lack of success with gutsy new-ball spells either side of tea . |