Example sentences of "[noun] up for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Australia , battered by Larwood and Voce , were ready to call Darling up for the fourth Test . |
4 | SCAFFOLDER UP FOR THE HIGH JUMP — IN AID OF CHARITY |
5 | 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 |
6 | Yeah , but it 's just really for the making up for the odd one I |
7 | It is being used simply to speed things up for the general election . |
8 | Get your initials up for the ultimate high score . ’ |
9 | Ray Hanna takes G–FIRE up for the first time , Elstree , March 14 , 1981. ( via Spencer Flack ) |
10 | What he was planning would tie half the hospital up for the entire morning ! |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Loan star Imre Varadi comes in on the starting line up for the first time in favour of the suspended Nick Cusack . |
13 | There were election posters up for the mayoral race . |
14 | Have you been er worrying about Margaret Thatcher tearing a pound note up for the last twelve thirteen years ? |
15 | 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 . |
16 | So one positive step up for the GR-1 , therefore , is quality of sound . |