Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] up for [art] " in BNC.

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1 StorageTek says that it too had put some money up for the development and would have marketed the product even without buying the company — although the Viking was seen as a direct competitor to its own Iceberg , Viking is in fact a simpler device with fewer features .
2 After expressing astonishment at this turn up for the book , gazing round and saying things such as ‘ By my halidom , sir knight , ’ and ‘ Gadzooks , fell work shall be done this sennight , ’ they took grimly to hewing and slaying Krooms left , right and centre by the baker 's dozen .
3 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 .
4 Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick .
5 This was a real turn up for the books , and is an observation still not accepted by all medical practitioners .
6 Significantly , despite his huge investment in bloodstock , Sheikh Mohammed has never won the Epsom Derby and the pressure will be on to have this exceptional three-year-old line up for the world 's most famous Classic .
7 We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking .
8 Tt now if we just take that , that latter point up for a minute we can
9 Bruce Mackenzie was six feet four and that 's a long way up for a two-year-old .
10 Your going to Wellingborough that 's a bloody turn up for the books is n't it ?
11 A derelict ship turns over on her keel and lies gracefully at rest , but there is only one way up for a Thames barge if she is to maintain her dignity .
12 Well no you 'd be amazed what they do , if you leave Blu Blu- tac up for a while how it actually takes
13 As one of the Northern League 's two unpaid Press officers , he was doubtless pretty pleased also at Monday 's announcement that the council is to provide a major financial leg up for the district 's four NL clubs .
14 So one positive step up for the GR-1 , therefore , is quality of sound .
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