Example sentences of "[pron] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 32 | I mentally signed him up for the STBO ( Stating the B — ng Obvious ) Club . |
| 33 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 34 | Bob Geldof would shine as scruffy Larry but cleaning him up for the post wedding scenes could be hard . |
| 35 | I would n't give him up for the world . ’ |
| 36 | Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners . |
| 37 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 38 | And erm then er again I did n't think that you were going to go through the authority needs and , and bit then you , you went through it very quickly but then I , I think it was for wrapping it up for the video not the way that you of usually done it |
| 39 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 40 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 41 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 42 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 43 | So it 's I I counted it up for the time I 'm staying . |
| 44 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've given it up for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 46 | As Evans-Pritchard succinctly sums it up for the Zande : ‘ Every misfortune supposes witchcraft , and every enmity suggests its author ’ . |
| 47 | Boil it up for the dogs . |
| 48 | We 've got some soup so we thought well we can make some of that up in the morning then we could just warm it up for the dinners |
| 49 | all the the tatties boiled tatties and chopped it up for the hens . |
| 50 | We ca n't accept these conditions for our employees so sign 'em up for the G M B and fight for their rights . |
| 51 | Did you have to psych yourself up for the part ? |
| 52 | Back in the Green Room , Roy and Judy psyche themselves up for the performance . |
| 53 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 54 | After a long debate , they finally agreed to put us up for the night . |
| 55 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 56 | She , however , was on duty throughout , and she set us up for the KGB photographers . |