Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 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 | I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She beats us up for kicks . ’ |
| 7 | The Club bought several felled poles for £2 16s. 7d. and cut them up for course seats , a by the 8th tee today . |
| 8 | Chop him up for firewood , |
| 9 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 10 | Miss Jeanette told how Nichol had scratches on his face , neck and lip when he arrived to pick her up for work . |
| 11 | Yes you have n't done it up for years have you ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And I used to take 'em round the pubs and put 'em up for raffles for Christmas . |
| 15 | For all the kids care he could be Goofy , hamming it up for Mickey Mouse . |
| 16 | ( ‘ They 're trying to fit me up for burglary this time ’ . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | While she measured him up for size , her fingers trailed the tape measure precariously into his crotch . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | wrap them up for Christmas . |
| 23 | If you have got any sense , a lump sum of 400k can easily set you up for life . |
| 24 | ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If you have pictures whose past is confused , or questioned , or whose title and ownership are a matter of dispute , the one way to settle this is to put it up for auction and see what happens . |
| 26 | ‘ I also have a green velvet hat , ’ she told him solemnly , holding it up for inspection . |
| 27 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 28 | So what 's wrong with puttin' it up for discussion ? ’ |
| 29 | I do n't want a complete shade change but would like to cheer it up for summer . |
| 30 | The three things which really set us up for John 's arrival . |