Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 3 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 4 | Stirling 's party decided to lie up for the day and , leaving the road , headed into some low hills covered with scrubby bushes . |
| 5 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |
| 6 | The two met at a rally and decided to team up for the Charrington RAC . |
| 7 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 8 | The large crowd that crammed into the new men 's toilets at COLDALE TROJANS ground last month were disappointed that guests of honour , the Nolan Sisters , failed to turn up for the opening . |
| 9 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 10 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
| 11 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 12 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 13 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |
| 14 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 15 | He failed to show up for the match amidst rumours that he had resigned as West Ham 's manager . |
| 16 | because that , he wanted to go up for a medical which was a bit erm , unethical , but I do n't know whether it 's true it 's , you know it 's just what someone said |