Example sentences of "[vb past] up [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the New York Times of Dec. 29 the KIO , which had managed an investment portfolio of $100,000 million from London , had seen " nearly 80 per cent of its huge Fund for Future Generations … used up to pay for bad investments and Gulf War expenses " . |
| 2 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 3 | That arrangement meant Brian McClair and Gary McAllister turned up to play for Scotland in something less than prime condition . |
| 4 | On April 1st four groups signed up to bid for two state television stations , a film studio , a chain of cinemas and a newspaper . |
| 5 | High red serpents swayed up to hang for a lingering minute and fade ; busy green heads with white tails thrashed hither and thither and then dived to death . |
| 6 | Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land . |
| 7 | He often worked in a friend 's studio , and took his meals at Rosalie 's where he peeled potatoes or washed up to pay for the meals . |