Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 2 | Stirling 's party decided to lie up for the day and , leaving the road , headed into some low hills covered with scrubby bushes . |
| 3 | The two met at a rally and decided to team up for the Charrington RAC . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 6 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He failed to show up for the match amidst rumours that he had resigned as West Ham 's manager . |