Example sentences of "[vb base] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 2 | Contestants line up for the quiz . |
| 3 | Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race . |
| 4 | Is n't this where you line up for the tram coming home from work ? ’ |
| 5 | Shopping at the company store often means a long wait in the queue , so the children line up for the groceries , while Domitila sells her pies ( Barrios de Chungara and Viezzar 1978 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 7 | Maybe a couple of dozen people show up for the party ; about half locals — mostly men , though there 's one married couple and a pair of single girls — and half travellers , New Age hippies from various scattered buses and vans parked in lay-bys and the highway equivalent of oxbows , where corners or short , twisty lengths of old roads have been replaced with more direct stretches . |
| 8 | As the rest of the royals head to Balmoral tomorrow morning , Diana will pick up ten-year-old William and Harry , eight , when they break up for the Christmas holidays from Ludgrove school in Wokingham . |
| 9 | Tune up for the regatta , arriving at beautiful Gümüslük after a brisk beat against a force 6 . |
| 10 | His stars are real , the issues are real and , yes , the pauses those emotional , heart-felt mental delays when people open up for the cameras they , too , are so very , very real . |
| 11 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 12 | You save up for the tokens to get what get y'know whatever it is you 're after . |
| 13 | Artists team up for the Roosevelt memorial |
| 14 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 15 | The paper quoted his wife as saying : " We hope our work within the ANC will … make up for the hurt caused to so many people by Dr Verwoerd . " |
| 16 | Both make up for the lack of nutrients in the soil by trapping and digesting small insects . |
| 17 | Deep cupboards in both the scullery and pantry house the necessary quantities of glass and china , and deep double sinks in both rooms make up for the lack of the modern dishwasher . |
| 18 | Did the bright lights make up for the lack of country life ? |
| 19 | The Government 's claim that students are better off as a result of student loans simply is not true ; nor is it true that loans make up for the loss of income support and housing benefit . |
| 20 | Make up for the potato . |
| 21 | ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’ |
| 22 | It wo n't , you know , make up for the fact that , let's face it , I poisoned you ! ’ |
| 23 | When you weigh it up , would any amount of perks make up for the fact that joining this particular firm involves waking up next to the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York ? |
| 24 | The list you draw up for the exercise might be completely different . |
| 25 | Drawn up by a UN team and representatives of the Kenyan government , the report found that tens of people were dying each week in camps set up for the refugees in the remote border region of Kenya and described it as " appalling and embarrassing " that they were supposed to be under the care of the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 26 | Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist . |
| 27 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 28 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 29 | So I had a er I got him set up for the morning jobs and then I did the afternoon jobs with him . |
| 30 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |