Example sentences of "[vb past] up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Peggy ’ James , the proprietor , a heavily built man and had a wooden leg — hence his nickname — but he was remarkably speedy to provide quick service when cars drew up for petrol from his one , hand-operated pump . |
| 2 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 3 | These are , for example , the nameless and faceless workers who lined up for work in response to Henry Ford 's visionary offer of a $5-per-day paycheck . |
| 4 | She looked daunting and she went downstairs all geared up for trouble . |
| 5 | I came up for air . |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't fair , ’ she complained breathlessly , when at last they both came up for air . |
| 7 | It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing . |
| 8 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 9 | The lesser charges centred on the unlicensed pistol and stolen car came up for trial on 11th May . |
| 10 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 11 | When the Danzig Polish Accord came up for ratification , the Nazis ordered that all Polish Harbour Board officers should be replaced by German and Danzig officers . |
| 12 | The Treasury and the Ministry were involved in continuous discussions with the Authority 's officials to establish the point from the early 1950s onwards , whenever capital programmes , borrowing limits ( which required ministerial and parliamentary authorisation ) , or depreciation policy came up for discussion . |
| 13 | They were lucky when the freehold of the old Aquarium Theatre , opposite Westminster Abbey , came up for sale . |
| 14 | When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 . |
| 15 | ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’ |
| 16 | Speaking of luck , there 's a colt I want to buy not far from Lexington — came up for sale just when I was thinking of getting in some new blood . |
| 17 | When the property came up for sale , for only the second time in its long history , a telegram was despatched to Honora , who was working in London : ‘ Will you invest savings in Plas ? ’ |
| 18 | One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race . |
| 19 | ‘ This one came up for sale , so I grabbed it . |
| 20 | They bought half excuse me half of it and they lived in the basement , then the other half came up for sale so Peter bought the whole lot then |
| 21 | When the 1927 Cinematograph Act came up for review , there was agreement that the quota had stimulated domestic production and should be renewed , but that the quickie had to go . |
| 22 | When the various treaties came up for review ( the Zollverein was made up of over 200 agreements ) , Prussia would often threaten to withdraw if the terms did not suit her . |
| 23 | When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue . |
| 24 | When Checkland 's contract came up for renewal , it was renewed only for a token year . |
| 25 | At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal . |
| 26 | To pack and process them he needed staff , so our terms stipulated a minimum of two months ' summer work , the understanding being that when contracts came up for renewal , priority would be given to those who had put in most time on the slime-line . |
| 27 | The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal . |
| 28 | In January 1965 he told his ambassador in Washington that at some point before the Atlantic treaty came up for renewal in 1969 , he would end integration of French forces and order all foreign forces to leave French soil . |
| 29 | Last season he was getting loads of stick and his contract came up for renewal — when we were in a potential relegation situation . |
| 30 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |