Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end , schools were set up for peasant women and for prostitutes , who were numerous since Havana had previously been a notorious entertainment centre for North Americans , to give them an education and to provide them with some skills and training ready for the job market . |
| 2 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 3 | Palestinians in the territories were placed under curfew and as many as 1,300 alleged Hamas sympathizers were rounded up for questioning . |
| 4 | The 21,906 children who entered the Survival Study were followed up for 33,287 child-years ( 16,508 vitamin A group , 16,779 placebo group ) . |
| 5 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 6 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 7 | I do think that the struggle for national liberation , certainly in my country at the times when we were most successful in that struggle , were the times when more opportunities were opened up for my own liberation and my own freedom of choice as a woman . |
| 8 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 9 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 10 | But when a stranger was picked up for house breaking or shop breaking or something , a complete stranger , we used to send them to Norwich pending further enquiries , and with a request that they be fingerprinted , and of course they used to fingerprint , send to Scotland Yard , we used to then get the record if they had a record with a photograph , and all their previous convictions . |
| 11 | The club was put up for sale after the Kumar brothers ' business empire went into receivership last month . |
| 12 | Simpson is the second player to leave the Manor Ground since the club was put up for sale eleven weeks ago . |
| 13 | But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him . |
| 14 | Painted in the Company 's all yellow colour scheme and registered as SE–BRD , the Firefly flew with the Swedish company for thirteen years until being declared redundant , whereupon the aircraft was put up for disposal along with three other Mk 1s . |
| 15 | Two-thirds of AMI Healthcare was put up for auction this week after the company 's Los Angeles parent changed hands . |
| 16 | Bob Roberts was picked up for distribution by a major only after it was successfully screened in Cannes . |
| 17 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 18 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 19 | The late nineteenth century saw a major expansion of paleontology as new areas were opened up for exploration . |
| 20 | Fishermen reported hearing the explosion and bits of debris were washed up for months afterwards . |
| 21 | The material for a given vehicle was split up for convenience under various grouped headings . |
| 22 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 23 | But at the last moment , the Bahamian government agreed ( there were rumours that a good deal of money changed hands ) , and a new flight plan was drawn up for Hassan 's 747 . |
| 24 | The lease of Headington Hill Hall was put up for sale along with 32 other properties in January by receivers , Grant Thornton , and has attracted several bids . |
| 25 | The company 's stay was fairly brief , for in 1908 operations ceased and the mill was put up for auction . |
| 26 | A pair of Japanese satsuma garden seats were snapped up for £290 while an upright overstrung piano in a mahogany case went at £250 . |
| 27 | Following the death of William Lewis in 1843 , both Port and Brimscombe Mill were put up for sale . |
| 28 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 29 | All commuting costs were grossed up for tax and National Insurance deductions and paid through the payroll . |
| 30 | In September 1957 the Gladstone Street buildings were put up for sale ; in 1958 the Temps moved out , and in 1959 the Hall was demolished and the Institute converted into shops . |