Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One friend raised £731 in one day by opening her home up for coffee , teas , and raffles . |
| 2 | ‘ You can release all the mental strain that you 've built up when psyching your self up for a marathon , ’ she says . |
| 3 | I 've been in two minds about whether to bother with the ABA this year , but the news that Baroness Thatcher and Margaret Atwood are to share a platform at a Book and Author Breakfast has made my mind up for me . |
| 4 | Marvin is a Liverpool fan but played for an Everton junior side last season and has still not made his mind up for whom to sign . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll bring your bag up for you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Some savers like term shares where they tie their money up for a set period in return for a limited guarantee regarding the interest , ’ says Willis . |
| 7 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Crusty Bill boasts he 's on a spicy vegetarian diet to keep his strength up for love . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 'll have to promote myself and tidy your life up for you . ’ |
| 12 | Whatever you do can you pick my coat up for me please ? |
| 13 | I 'll fix that , how you gon na put my fence up for me ? |
| 14 | Technical staff from the Theatre 3 group from Newtownabbey won a race against time to get their set up for their presentation of a Tennessee Williams play ‘ Suddenly Last Summer . ’ |
| 15 | vote for the three , that 's right and there was one one put their hand up for he persuaded them that Ne , Neil Kinnock would be a good leader , that was it er so one put their hand up for him one put their hand up for Major and she had the cheek to say |
| 16 | vote for the three , that 's right and there was one one put their hand up for he persuaded them that Ne , Neil Kinnock would be a good leader , that was it er so one put their hand up for him one put their hand up for Major and she had the cheek to say |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | After giving up all hope of ever being parents , the businessman and his wife learned of a young English girl living on Corfu who was putting her baby up for adoption . |
| 19 | And then they would walk for them do you see , do their way up for them . |
| 20 | A FAMILY has put its home up for sale because of what it fears is a vendetta against their pet cats . |
| 21 | ROCK superstar Rod Stewart is putting his supercar up for auction . |
| 22 | Where an owner-occupier puts his house up for sale and moves into a new house , exemption or relief from capital gains tax is given even though the owner did not actually live in the house in the twelve months immediately preceding its disposal . |
| 23 | ‘ To meet the case where an owner-occupier puts his house up for sale and moves into a new house but can not at once find a buyer for his old house , the 1965 Finance Act provides for exemption or relief from capital gains tax even though the owner did not actually live in the house for a period of up to 12 months immediately preceding the date of sale . |
| 24 | ‘ The shooting has meant we are putting our house up for sale , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Putting your rug up for auction |
| 26 | Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all . |
| 27 | When had her name up for detention she goes rub it off ! |
| 28 | So never mind what the executive amends , recommend , stick your hand up for three eight eight and three eight nine and give a bit of power back to the people . |
| 29 | If you have to lay your detector up for any length of time remove the batteries . |
| 30 | Thank you , good boy , er pick your folder up for me please |