Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 2 | But when a stranger was picked up for house breaking or shop breaking or something , a complete stranger , we used to send them to Norwich pending further enquiries , and with a request that they be fingerprinted , and of course they used to fingerprint , send to Scotland Yard , we used to then get the record if they had a record with a photograph , and all their previous convictions . |
| 3 | The club was put up for sale after the Kumar brothers ' business empire went into receivership last month . |
| 4 | Simpson is the second player to leave the Manor Ground since the club was put up for sale eleven weeks ago . |
| 5 | But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him . |
| 6 | Two-thirds of AMI Healthcare was put up for auction this week after the company 's Los Angeles parent changed hands . |
| 7 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 8 | The material for a given vehicle was split up for convenience under various grouped headings . |
| 9 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 10 | But at the last moment , the Bahamian government agreed ( there were rumours that a good deal of money changed hands ) , and a new flight plan was drawn up for Hassan 's 747 . |
| 11 | The lease of Headington Hill Hall was put up for sale along with 32 other properties in January by receivers , Grant Thornton , and has attracted several bids . |
| 12 | The company 's stay was fairly brief , for in 1908 operations ceased and the mill was put up for auction . |
| 13 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 14 | The business was put up for auction two months ago when Whitbread decided that its spirits operation , including brands such as Long John Scotch , Laphroaig malt whisky , Burrough 's mixed doubles and Beefeater gin , was too small to compete with the giants of the industry like Grand Metropolitan 's IDV , Guinness ' United Distillers and Allied-Lyons ' Hiram Walker Allied Vintners . |
| 15 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |
| 16 | Most were not considered worth interviewing , but a shortlist was drawn up for interview at the Northern Foods flat in Clarges Street . |
| 17 | Secretly ( because the papers would never report it ) , behind the scenes a huge demand was building up for a ‘ decent ’ paper , one which — dare they say it — would Tell the Truth . |
| 18 | When his father was tucked up for the night , the son would wander out into the garden and enjoy the cool air as a contrast to the fug of the sick-room . |
| 19 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |
| 20 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 21 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 22 | Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes . |
| 23 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 24 | All was safely gathered in and Mr and Mrs Squirrel Nutkin 's hoard was laid up for winter 's sustenance . |
| 25 | The governors had effectively decided at an emergency meeting on Tuesday night that Mr Birt should stay but question marks still hung over the future of Mr Hussey , especially as the BBC 's General Advisory Council recommended on Wednesday that he should go for effectively bringing the BBC into disrepute at a time when its charter was coming up for renegotiation . |
| 26 | What for the insider might be the purification of a defensible religion by its exposure to scientific criticism , would for the outsider be one more step along the path to destruction as an inherently implausible account of human destiny was shown up for what it is . |
| 27 | Thus the property was tied up for a generation . |
| 28 | A memorandum was drawn up for presentation to the November 1990 Helsinki ( Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ) conference on the environment . |
| 29 | A fund was set up for its restoration , but before the work could even be started the campanile collapsed . |
| 30 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |