Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the the people I met made up for that . |
| 2 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 3 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 4 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 5 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 6 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 7 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 8 | I started to show up for my seminars and tutorials shabbily clad , or not at all . |
| 9 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 10 | I am not happy when something unfair happens to someone else and I try to stand up for what is right . |
| 11 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 12 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 13 | Well Romeo was although he wanted to keep the peace , he was a chicken so I had to stick up for him cos I don I do n't like people doing that to my friends . |
| 14 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 15 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've stuck up for you long enough , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Someone had to stand up for her . ’ |
| 18 | It 's certainly a , a day of reflection an and great appreciation on a part of all of us , the reason we 're here er for me , personally , I need to back up for a moment perhaps . |
| 19 | We only start to talk about sacrifice with our children when something seriously wrong has happened in the relationship , when the mother or father says bitterly : ‘ Do n't you understand what I have given up for you ? |
| 20 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 21 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 22 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 23 | One of the less well-known consequences was that , when the companies who wrote unit-linked business wished to introduce personal pensions , they found that their natural mode of operation led them to return on death the fund which had built up for the policyholder , rather than any specific guaranteed rate of return . |
| 24 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 25 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 26 | I 'm telling you and I 'm telling you , not him , he 's having now't say or so be tea on him , you want to stand up for yourself you , it 's time you opened your mouth to our Michael , do n't be afraid of him |
| 27 | But , needing something to do after being ditched from pop show The Word , she has signed up for acting lessons at the famous Lee Strasbourg School . |
| 28 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 29 | Would you mind shutting up for a minute , |
| 30 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |