Example sentences of "[pron] try [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 2 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 3 | I am not happy when something unfair happens to someone else and I try to stand up for what is right . |
| 4 | You do , you try to stand up for them , protect them |
| 5 | You try to get up for a cup of tea |
| 6 | The roar from that great thoroughfare was deafening : traders , merchants and apprentices shouted themselves hoarse as they tried to make up for their previous loss of trade . |
| 7 | Fellow midfielder Lawrie Sanchez , whose goal beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , added : ‘ Every time we play them , they want to beat us to try to make up for the 1988 defeat . |