Example sentences of "[v-ing] it up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No UK broadcast date has been fixed , but Sky are picking it up for autumn. , In the meantime , Bart is appearing in bootlegged form on American dance flyers and T-shirts everywhere . |
| 2 | For all the kids care he could be Goofy , hamming it up for Mickey Mouse . |
| 3 | ‘ I also have a green velvet hat , ’ she told him solemnly , holding it up for inspection . |
| 4 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 5 | So what 's wrong with puttin' it up for discussion ? ’ |
| 6 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 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 . |
| 8 | Present owners British & Commonwealth announced that it hoped to raise an estimated £130 million by putting it up for sale . |
| 9 | She had been covering it up for years . |