Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several factories in Northamptonshire , anticipating the drift to the County Ground for the mid-week game , closed down for the day , but in Northampton itself factory workers were allowed the afternoon off only if they made up for it in overtime . |
| 2 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 3 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 4 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 5 | Two of Queen Victoria 's night dresses failed to attract any interest when they came up for auction . |
| 6 | More than 50 business men and women showed their incredible resolve when they turned up for an emergency meeting in Craigavon yesterday . |
| 7 | It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing . |
| 8 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 9 | Library users lobbied councillors as they turned up for todays education committee meeting . |