Example sentences of "[vb base] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 2 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 3 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 4 | Hold up for a count of 10 , relax and repeat . |
| 5 | The volunteer may help the young person with job applications or other form-filling , go to a football match or the cinema with them or just meet up for a chat . |
| 6 | Save up for a holiday . |
| 7 | At least now I know that perhaps one day we might get a car — even save up for a house — and that 's something to look forward to … so I do n't think of myself as a cabbage . |
| 8 | Well stand up for a start ! |
| 9 | In Britain , the ‘ drag-down ’ factor operates ; graduates make up for a shortage of technicians with intermediate skills . |
| 10 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 11 | The dynamic duo get away from the troubles of the world and curl up for a nap , by ffolkes , June 1954 |
| 12 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 13 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 14 | The children dress up for a saloon in the kind of gear that snooker players or riverboat gamblers wear , with the girls in long dresses . |
| 15 | The experience of being an old person , a senior citizen , is imposed from outside , as for example people find when they first queue up for a retirement bus pass : ‘ The general expectation [ is ] that old people should be incompetent ’ ( Victor , 1987 , p. 265 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door . |
| 17 | But shut up for a bit will you , I 've got to get on . |
| 18 | Some people work up for a lifetime to cross the Channel and then get published in a magazine . |