Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | StorageTek says that it too had put some money up for the development and would have marketed the product even without buying the company — although the Viking was seen as a direct competitor to its own Iceberg , Viking is in fact a simpler device with fewer features . |
| 2 | Am I being employed to put this fence up for you ? |
| 3 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 4 | After expressing astonishment at this turn up for the book , gazing round and saying things such as ‘ By my halidom , sir knight , ’ and ‘ Gadzooks , fell work shall be done this sennight , ’ they took grimly to hewing and slaying Krooms left , right and centre by the baker 's dozen . |
| 5 | ‘ Will you do this bleedin' thing up for me ? ’ |
| 6 | Difficult to get the old fire up for the Greater Glory of flag , Empire and Prime Minister Ian Paisley , but hearth , home and humping still meant something in this godrotten hellhole khazipit of a world . |
| 7 | Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick . |
| 8 | Are in the final throes of becoming an all Fokker F-27 Friendship operation , with their last example , former Trans Canada Airlines ( CF-TDO ) and RCAF ( FL615 ) Dakota III ZS-DRJ up for sale , having been with them , on and off , since 1963 . |
| 9 | This was a real turn up for the books , and is an observation still not accepted by all medical practitioners . |
| 10 | if that had 've been Cath , that would have been a real turn up for me would n't it ? |
| 11 | Significantly , despite his huge investment in bloodstock , Sheikh Mohammed has never won the Epsom Derby and the pressure will be on to have this exceptional three-year-old line up for the world 's most famous Classic . |
| 12 | Jonathan wo n't use too much power up for his next venture — a four-year course in engineering at the University of Ulster . |
| 13 | Lords Justices Balcombe and Beldam ruled that the mother , aged 25 , was at this stage entitled to block local authority plans to put her daughter , aged 5 ½ , and her three-year-old son up for adoption . |
| 14 | We used to put these herren up for red-herren during the winter , and we 'd probably put three lots or consignments . |
| 15 | Shall I make the little thingumajig up for you ? |
| 16 | Nice little turn up for me , that one . |
| 17 | The basic set up for most drifting situations is a sliding float and stop knot arrangement ( fig 2 above ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel that we have been working together for much longer , ’ says Sandra , ‘ because even when we had our own businesses we would ring each other up for advice . |
| 19 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 20 | Tt now if we just take that , that latter point up for a minute we can |
| 21 | The Cabinet Reshuffle : Healthy leg up for golden Virginia |
| 22 | Bruce Mackenzie was six feet four and that 's a long way up for a two-year-old . |
| 23 | ‘ I know of a short lease up for sale , just off Soho Square , ’ Brassard interrupted . |
| 24 | Your going to Wellingborough that 's a bloody turn up for the books is n't it ? |
| 25 | A derelict ship turns over on her keel and lies gracefully at rest , but there is only one way up for a Thames barge if she is to maintain her dignity . |
| 26 | Well no you 'd be amazed what they do , if you leave Blu Blu- tac up for a while how it actually takes |
| 27 | And then Gemma had that big job up for next week rang today to say |
| 28 | Great big sign up for sale . |
| 29 | Understandable really — here he was jetlagged and put on a treadmill , a caged beast up for inspection , poked and prodded . |
| 30 | He took her chin between thumb and forefinger , tilting her mutinous face up for his cool inspection . |