Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 2 | The early morning was marvellous if you could only get up for it . |
| 3 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 4 | Anyone wishing to join the Liss club and perhaps start training now for next year 's race should just turn up for training on Wednesday evenings ( 7 p.m. ) and Sunday mornings ( 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 5 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 6 | ‘ It is worth many thousands of Australian dollars so that will partly make up for the disappointment . |
| 7 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 8 | The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank . |
| 9 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 10 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 11 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 12 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 13 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 14 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ said Helen , ‘ I do know a girl who works in the outer office there , and we do sometimes meet up for lunch and I could try to put her on to it … |
| 16 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 17 | Rapid shooting may give many frames , but quantity will never make up for quality . |
| 18 | I bet she 'll bloody wait up for Susan to ring . |
| 19 | She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure . |
| 20 | Well anyway , I I 'll definitely go up for half a day a week you know . |
| 21 | Does she actually sit up for Dennis ? |