Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never intended that his shares should be given up for no payment . |
| 2 | Whoever wrote the lyrics to that should be locked up for an affront to the English language . |
| 3 | Agreed procedures for appeals , complaints , and arbitration should be set up for users , and for authorities in dispute . |
| 4 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 5 | The goal of assertiveness should be to stand up for one 's rights without violating the rights of others . |
| 6 | Thereafter it should be opened up for general discussion . |
| 7 | The underlying idea of the central focus with its grouped dependencies here exactly meets the requirements of the case , and one need not hesitate as to whether the drawing-room or the dining-room carpet should be taken up for dancing … . ’ |
| 8 | Libraries in general have an image of unparticularized worthiness and sobriety , and many young librarians have an admirable messianic zeal about them , a firm belief that what their library has is good for people and that membership lists and issue figures must be pushed up for their own sake . |
| 9 | Must be coming up for school dinner-time . ’ |
| 10 | How much land must you commit to arable rotation , and how much must be laid up for hay or silage ? |
| 11 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 12 | By chance one might be whistling up for you , |
| 13 | At the same time another hierarchy might be set up for line management . |
| 14 | Along with that , although solicitors have been given limited rights of audience in the courts , seriously complex cases still require specialised counsel and these are in short supply : ‘ You only need one Piper Alpha inquiry and they 'll be tied up for months ’ , he said . |
| 15 | No need to worry — they they 'll be queuing up for me , ’ even though everyone knows that the whole area 's been appallingly hit by the recession and that the whole country , come to that , is in much the same state . |
| 16 | I keep on walking , cos Marie 'll be waiting up for me . |
| 17 | The Government with British Coal decided that they would get an independent consultant 's report to study how the mine could be put up for licence — whether under the consortium or under private ownership . |
| 18 | Terry Pearson , head of the bank 's global custody division , said the system could be set up for well under £50 million . |
| 19 | And he stressed it was unlikely an ‘ entire pattern of stability ’ could be set up for every operation . |
| 20 | But there 's still a feeling of unease amid police suggestions that someone from the village could be covering up for the killer . |
| 21 | But there was only two of us and the firm did not want to keep you on , realizing that you could be coming up for fifteen , they they finished you . |
| 22 | Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas . |
| 23 | He could be waiting up for me . |
| 24 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 25 | She heard mention of six months ' imprisonment , and was terrified that she 'd be locked up for doing nothing . |
| 26 | While one country may be geared up for credit cards with hole-in-the wall machines everywhere you look , another may only accept local currency or travellers cheques . |
| 27 | To the Manor now , where things may be looking up for Oxford United . |
| 28 | He added that fell walkers and ramblers may be teaming up for weekend excursions into the great outdoors . |
| 29 | But they may be booked up for Christmas day . |
| 30 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |