Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up for a " in BNC.

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1 To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening .
2 One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea .
3 The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade .
4 Keighley were not keen to visit the Humbersiders on Saturday because they claim that they had a sponsor lined up for a home game .
5 The Boards preferred the wholesale development of rural districts ( rather than piecemeal individual connections ) since this reduced their costs , and they were generally able to use public meetings and written publicity to bring collective pressure on all potential consumers in a village to sign up for a supply , thus making comprehensive zoned development possible .
6 Huntworth , Pipe 's only other runner at the meeting , provided Scudamore with his 71st success of the season when making all the running in the Happy Eater Restaurant Handicap Chase to make up for a string of disappointments .
7 If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid .
8 This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine
9 When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it .
10 LEEDS UNITED 'S Steve Hodge was last night lined up for a Pounds 700,000 move to Everton .
11 They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position .
12 With the sea-routes open again trade picked up for a while .
13 Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way .
14 Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ .
15 When this goon is at the point of his beat furthest away from our stretch of wire , the Wing Commander will give the signal to Clinker here — ’ a dark beetle-like man stood up for a moment and sat down again , ‘ — who will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp including the searchlights . ’
16 Some obviously saw the events in Spain as fascism limbering up for an even greater conflict ; Spain was seen as an experimental laboratory for the arms , equipment and strategy of the fascist powers .
17 In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo .
18 We get the whole thing seized up for an hour and a half in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening .
19 BLIMEY LOOK AT THAT The hand moves up for a squeeze on the hips .
20 Joseph had seen his grandfather dressed up for a sing-sing with a long white bone through this hole , forming a kind of false moustache each side of his nose .
21 Like a miniature adult , his head bows slightly and his small hand comes up for a firm adult shake .
22 As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise .
23 It is just asking the public to sign up for a Barton by-pass .
24 In the seconnd half Swindon stepped up the pressure and then a controversial penalty with Mitchell chasing there 's a mix-up in the box and in the melee , the referee blows up for a penalty saying Southend number 3 had held back Mitchell .
25 Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year .
26 Two sections of the middle class girded up for a fight ; the rising mechanics and practical men of industry versus the established professional men of science and culture .
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