Example sentences of "[noun] up for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's No. 1 batsman , according to the ratings , was two days into his 40th year , and had once again set his side up for a further victory to help blot out the misery of 1987–89 . |
| 2 | Turn on to a side for the next quarter , then the other side and breast side up for the final cooking time , removing the foil . |
| 3 | On the A forty-three in Oxfordshire , just north of Enstone , some temporary traffic lights there are holding drivers up for the resurfacing work that 's going on there — a little bit of extra care should be taken . |
| 4 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 5 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 6 | Boxing : Sky lines up for a classic TV fight : Neil Wilson on the big battle of the small screen and growing threat of the extra terrestrial to the conventional channels : ‘ We 're not averse even to putting major sport on our movie channel .. |
| 7 | Stars of Hi de Hi and It Ai n't Half Hot Mum team up for a new series set below stairs , You Rang M'Lord . |
| 8 | Boon was their hero … he cruised to his century and set his team up for a big score … |
| 9 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 10 | Australia , battered by Larwood and Voce , were ready to call Darling up for the fourth Test . |
| 11 | SCAFFOLDER UP FOR THE HIGH JUMP — IN AID OF CHARITY |
| 12 | Christie … of course and two more Redgrave and Pinsent the Olympic rowers who this week started their build up for the next games … yes … in four years time … they 're our special guests in this week 's Friday Feature |
| 13 | Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick . |
| 14 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 15 | Yeah , but it 's just really for the making up for the odd one I |
| 16 | It is being used simply to speed things up for the general election . |
| 17 | Get your initials up for the ultimate high score . ’ |
| 18 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 19 | Ray Hanna takes G–FIRE up for the first time , Elstree , March 14 , 1981. ( via Spencer Flack ) |
| 20 | Indeed , he and his mates had driven to a house in East Belfast straight from the fracas , to try and tee some pals up for a quick retaliation . |
| 21 | But a tachistoscope was a bit like an oscilloscope or a screen where you could flash a word up for a very shore period of time . |
| 22 | What he was planning would tie half the hospital up for the entire morning ! |
| 23 | JACK BERRY went ton up for the second time with two Warwick winners yesterday , just to prove that no one needs a magic carpet to be a hit . |
| 24 | Loan star Imre Varadi comes in on the starting line up for the first time in favour of the suspended Nick Cusack . |
| 25 | The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work . |
| 26 | There were election posters up for the mayoral race . |
| 27 | but er , as I say I ca n't remember precisely , I just scanned it and give it to Mick who was out the door like , Lesley put her house up for a hundred and twenty six erm , one how much is it ? |
| 28 | Have you been er worrying about Margaret Thatcher tearing a pound note up for the last twelve thirteen years ? |
| 29 | Difficult to get the old fire up for the Greater Glory of flag , Empire and Prime Minister Ian Paisley , but hearth , home and humping still meant something in this godrotten hellhole khazipit of a world . |
| 30 | So one positive step up for the GR-1 , therefore , is quality of sound . |