Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [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 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I started to show up for my seminars and tutorials shabbily clad , or not at all . |
| 7 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 8 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Someone had to stand up for her . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 16 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 17 | As she slipped her mink coat over her shoulders , she resolved to make up for it next day . |
| 18 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 19 | His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had . |
| 20 | She did n't want him to think she had dressed up for him , or anything . |
| 21 | One night Kit stumbled by , when Ariel was sitting outside the cabin , with the baby sleeping near her in the small hammock she had rigged up for him . |
| 22 | But he could not bring himself to do it , especially not now , after Simon had revealed how she had spoken up for him . |
| 23 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
| 24 | Serving great forces was not what she had signed up for this trip , but somehow it felt right . |
| 25 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 26 | The first person she had opened up for that morning had been the postman at five past eight . |
| 27 | Jess looked through held tears at the blurred hunched shape who had spoken up for her . |
| 28 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
| 29 | Several could not recall subscribing to Channel 7 ; one had refused to subscribe ; one had signed up for a trial period at some point ; and the majority had been unhappy with the service . |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't actually met Frank yet ; he was appointed after we had broken up for the summer , ’ said Black . |