Example sentences of "[vb past] it up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was about a year before I joined John Mayall and in fact the band I was in , The Crusaders , had a gig there after they opened it up for rock'n'roll . |
| 2 | She read the Catechism in bed at night , occasionally sighing ; she would turn towards Bernard and her long hair — she wore it up for work , half-down in the home , fully down in bed — would fall over her face , over her white shoulder . |
| 3 | Gave it up for ordination training at Salisbury . |
| 4 | In 1991 , the village pub was threatened with closure when the brewery put it up for sale . |
| 5 | Withdrawing one hand from behind her back , she held it up for inspection . |