Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His cap 's on the floor in front of him and I think about picking it up for him , cos maybe if he 's blind he do n't know he 's dropped it . |
| 2 | I mean he would of put it up for sale knowing that you wanted to get somewhere between you , knowing that the house market is as it is |
| 3 | So what 's wrong with puttin' it up for discussion ? ’ |
| 4 | And erm then er again I did n't think that you were going to go through the authority needs and , and bit then you , you went through it very quickly but then I , I think it was for wrapping it up for the video not the way that you of usually done it |
| 5 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 6 | Present owners British & Commonwealth announced that it hoped to raise an estimated £130 million by putting it up for sale . |
| 7 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |