Example sentences of "[verb] up [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is every possibility that he has mixed up his candidates for unity and division . |
| 2 | When it drew up its ideas for 1994-97 , the Clinton administration assumed the Bush programme was underfunded by $10 billion . |
| 3 | This was the point at which he drew up his application for the Mandan Foundation grant . |
| 4 | And it does n't tie up your money for long periods of time . |
| 5 | Zen suddenly understood that Bartocci had some move in mind , something which he was keeping up his sleeve for the moment . |
| 6 | I continued teaching for about 18 months , keeping up my studies for an M.A. in my spare time . |
| 7 | for I was always keeping up my sleeve for sort of things we might do as opposed to R and M U have done |
| 8 | Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair . |
| 9 | I will have to be patient and then build up my knee for next season . |
| 10 | Our idea was to arrive on a Friday night , eat far too much at one of the local pubs , and build up our strength for a full day 's riding on Saturday . |
| 11 | Between now and the early spring he will continue to consult people and build up his plans for the crucial meeting with ministers . |
| 12 | He holds up his hands for quiet again . |
| 13 | Today 's issue is perhaps a landmark of sorts , the 400th issue of Unigram.X to roll off the presses ( or to scroll up your screen for electronic subscribers ) . |
| 14 | She has not written up her data for publication . |
| 15 | Lexington society were present and the newspapers had been busy taking photographs and writing up their accounts for the morning editions . |
| 16 | CD began writing up his travels for the Daily News , of which he was the first editor , and 8 ‘ Travelling Letters ’ appeared there between 21 Jan. and 11 Mar. 1846 , ending with the section entitled ‘ Piacenza to Bologna ’ in the book ; the ‘ Travelling Letters ’ were revised , and the remaining sections written for its publication as Pictures from Italy in May 1846 ( Bradbury & Evans , 1 vol . ) . |
| 17 | So whether your students are studying for exams or brushing up their English for professional reasons , this dictionary will deliver the answers — often before the question has even been asked ! |
| 18 | She would shut him up , trample him down , stop up his mouth for ever with hot red mud . |
| 19 | ‘ I have hung up my guns for good . ’ |
| 20 | Rachel gave a weak smile and lifted up her cup for more coffee . |
| 21 | Women seem unable to ever quite give up their wish for a penis , and they usually begin analysis with the hope they will acquire one during it . |
| 22 | IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m . |
| 23 | It was n't fair that a king should give up his throne for her , and not for the weaver 's daughter . |
| 24 | He will not give up his quest for a full cap . ’ |
| 25 | He 'd give up his job for a pint ! |
| 26 | He has no plans to open up his hallway for public viewing . |
| 27 | so we started to look for something and I wanted a bungalow , I did n't want to house again , just the two bedrooms I thought would be nice , so what we did we found this bu er this bungalow in er out of Crewe in Haslington and er we put up our house for sale , it cost seventeen thousand , five hundred and this bungalow we bought seventeen thousand , six hundred and fifty , so all I had to add was one hundred and sixty pounds , to sell the house , but the house needed change all the windows to put all the windows and the doors because they were all rotting in , you know , because the houses built er before the second world war and er what we did we put up the and in three months ' time , it in three months ' time my house went and we were moved , in September we started to sell , in January we 'd been living in the , in the new bungalow and then about three years later they built a row of bungalows on the other side where there should , should of been , they kept the land , it should of been shops , but then they changed their minds , they did , they did n't build the shops , but they built all these bungalows again on the other side , you 've been to my home , yeah , so the road that , over the road these bungalows were about three years later than ours and they were going down for thirty two thousand pound , and I bought mine for seventeen thousand seven sixty at six fifty , yeah |
| 28 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 29 | You 've made up my mind for me . ’ |
| 30 | I thought well that 's made up my mind for me . |