Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooch declared on 304 for six , 17 runs behind Lancashire 's first innings total just before tea in an attempt to make up for time lost because of Friday 's wash-out . |
| 2 | ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ was the first major van Gogh to come up for sale since ‘ Portrait du Dr Gachet ’ , executed 3–5 June 1890 , broke all auction house records by fetching $82.5 million ( £43.1 million ) at Christie 's New York in May 1990 . |
| 3 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 4 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 5 | Depicting a muscular young man , naked and balancing on his left leg , it is thought to be more than 370 years old and the most significant example of Renaissance sculpture to come up for auction . |
| 6 | FANCY going to France to stock up for Christmas ? |
| 7 | Such good management involves proper drainage , maintenance of a neutral pH , a balance between grazing and cutting , mixed stocking , controlled grazing and resting , the avoidance of physical damage ( particularly in bad weather ) , and the return of organic matter to the soil to make up for hay or silage removed . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough Council is chasing businesses in the town who missed the deadline to sign up for food safety under the Food Premises Registration Regulations . |
| 9 | This is the second unimpeachable Rembrandt painting to come up for sale in London this season , the first having been his ‘ Daniel and Cyrus before the idol of Bel ’ . |