Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 0810 he gathered his staff around him for the daily conference to discuss the day ahead , before taking the morning parade of those attending various courses at the school , to ensure that everyone had turned up for work . |
| 2 | Paula James , Matthew Glyrm 's youthful amanuensis ( after a one-year course in office routines at the technical college ) had turned up for work as usual , unaware of the events which had robbed her of her employer . |
| 3 | There was some muttering among officials after the game that only nine players had turned up for training on Tuesday , but despite the defeat coach Bruce Liddle remained cheerfully optimistic . |
| 4 | Flora had gone straight to bed and though Richard had stayed up for supper , he had been too worn out to eat much . |
| 5 | When we got there he got a letter to say the owner had fixed up for coal for Poole in Dorset . |
| 6 | The tour , unsurprisingly , lost money ; both Oldfield 's own , and some £250,000 which Virgin had put up for tour support . |
| 7 | I paid surreptitious trips to our old homes in Ada Street and West Avenue , where the fences my father had put up for Granny Kirkup before the war — in 1934 , I believe — were still standing round the long garden of ‘ Mundesley ’ , named after my grandmother 's birthplace . |