Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many grandmothers who lived with their grandchildren helped look after them , made their clothes , got them up for school , minded them while their mothers went out to work : ‘ I thought of my grandmother even more so than my mother cos she was always there , you see . |
| 2 | Chilean fishermen are killing thousands of some of the world 's rarest dolphins so that they can chop them up for bait to catch the southern king crab . |
| 3 | " I 'll chop them up for kindling . " |
| 4 | Receptor molecules spit out their neurotransmitters once they have served their purpose , and the cell whence they came mops them up for reuse . |
| 5 | ‘ We are gearing ourselves up for promotion on and off the field . |
| 6 | I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’ |
| 7 | He answered : ‘ Jobs and leisure are all one thing are n't they — if you work you build yourself up for leisure . ’ |
| 8 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 9 | ‘ She beats us up for kicks . ’ |
| 10 | The Club bought several felled poles for £2 16s. 7d. and cut them up for course seats , a by the 8th tee today . |
| 11 | Arty laid down his pen and geared himself up for argument . |
| 12 | If this , combined with its vivid display of black and white fur , does not deter the enemy , it may then start swaying its body back and forth as if cranking itself up for action . |
| 13 | Chop him up for firewood , |
| 14 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 15 | Miss Jeanette told how Nichol had scratches on his face , neck and lip when he arrived to pick her up for work . |
| 16 | Yes you have n't done it up for years have you ? |
| 17 | He specialises in the period between 1500 and 1675 and is also keen on art : last year he bought a Van Dyck from Althorp when the Spencers put it up for sale . |
| 18 | No UK broadcast date has been fixed , but Sky are picking it up for autumn. , In the meantime , Bart is appearing in bootlegged form on American dance flyers and T-shirts everywhere . |
| 19 | And I used to take 'em round the pubs and put 'em up for raffles for Christmas . |
| 20 | For all the kids care he could be Goofy , hamming it up for Mickey Mouse . |
| 21 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |
| 22 | ‘ You will fix this house , Um Yusef ? ’ the Sheikha asked as we sat in the family majlis , the small children tumbling over her lap like puppies , pushing themselves up for kisses , or simply basking on the warmth of her body . |
| 23 | Thus Aintree 's recall man for the past seven years became the sacrificial offering so that the Jockey Club bigwigs could get on with more important business like tarting themselves up for Ascot and tea with the Royals . |
| 24 | ( ‘ They 're trying to fit me up for burglary this time ’ . |
| 25 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
| 26 | While she measured him up for size , her fingers trailed the tape measure precariously into his crotch . |
| 27 | But we are given an insight into the limitations of their cognitive capabilities when we observe a spider responding to a vibrating tuning fork by attempting to wrap it up for food . |
| 28 | With only five minutes remaining Claire McMahon could have wrapped it up for Pegasus when she gave herself room , but blasted the ball off the post . |
| 29 | This was about a year before I joined John Mayall and in fact the band I was in , The Crusaders , had a gig there after they opened it up for rock'n'roll . |
| 30 | wrap them up for Christmas . |