Example sentences of "have [verb] up the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not resist saying that when Japan finally exchanges her peaceful simplicity , her admiration for , and artistic appreciation of , Nature 's beauties , and her contented national life , for the storm stress , and hurry of that feverish existence known to the West , she will have given up the substance for the shadow . |
| 2 | He has also failed to recognise that the Welsh people will have to pick up the bill for his spending policies . |
| 3 | The delight of the Gloucester supporters was in no way diminished by the fact that Barnes had missed three easy kicks at goal , any one of which would have wrapped up the game for Bath . |
| 4 | The company could n't foresee great success or they would have tied up the band for years by way of contract options . |
| 5 | This might have shored up the dollar for a time had the US balance of payments improved as expected . |
| 6 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 7 | Civic Theatre director Brian Goddard says the internationally acclaimed English Shakespeare Company will have to make up the money for lost bar , ice cream and coffee sales . |