Example sentences of "up for the [noun] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were megastars up for the part but old Wallace here got it . |
| 2 | I mean a steam tug you got to have coal and you got to have the old boiler , old boiler , you got to heat that up for the steam cos that did n't pay then . |
| 3 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 4 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 5 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 6 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 7 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |