Example sentences of "[vb past] up for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack 's last game for the Palace first team was on Easter Saturday , 3 April 1926 , when he helped Palace to a 1–1 draw at Gillingham , but 7,000 fans turned up for his Benefit match at Selhurst Park a little over a year later to show their appreciation of as fine a player as ever wore the Palace colours . |
| 2 | Oldham forward Keith Atkinson , who has broken almost every bone in his body , picked up £6,000 yesterday when 1,588 fans turned up for his testimonial . |
| 3 | But the results made up for her ordeal |
| 4 | Huddersfield made up for their failure in the Cup by winning the League Championship in the next season , 1923–4 . |
| 5 | I backed away in alarm and refused to touch it , so Sean made up for my abstinence . |
| 6 | Fred made up for his lack of inches by waging psychological warfare in the form of a relentless monologue . |
| 7 | Still , seven minutes later Magilton made up for his miss . |
| 8 | Jeff made up for his neglect by taking Ronni out for both lunch and dinner next day . |
| 9 | The alarm bells were already ringing for Wigan in a scrappy , error-strewn game , when the 18-year-old O'Donnell , in his only his second senior outing , stepped up for his moment of glory . |
| 10 | They stuck up for my right to walk as far up mountains as the older children . |
| 11 | We walked back to our rooms and packed up for our move to Nîmes . |
| 12 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 13 | ‘ When Mutch went up for his header we said ‘ Oh no ’ — but the lad handled it well . ’ |
| 14 | Look up old friends you gave up for your partner 's sake . |
| 15 | He sounded at the end of his tether , all the adrenalin summoned up for his phone call now evaporated . |
| 16 | Peter Woodgate won the third division singles by beating Robin Swan , while Simon Woods and Chris Jacob warmed up for their men 's singles meeting by reaching the final of the hard bat singles , Woods emerging the victor . |
| 17 | WEST Hartlepool and Newcastle Gosforth warmed up for their Courage League National Division Two showdown a week on Saturday with wins of vastly contrasting styles . |
| 18 | We queued up for our boots , our poles , our skis and met our instructor , Hans , and the rest of the eager beavers in our party . |
| 19 | This is not to say that the simplistic socialist argument — that all would be well if only Labour stood up for its class interests with the same vigour that the Tories stand up for theirs — is correct . |
| 20 | His finest hour was when , as a member of the Royal Commission , he stood up for their interests and dissented valiantly from the majority . |
| 21 | I wanted to pick someone who saw herself as part of the community and yet stood up for her rights . |
| 22 | The 35-year-old gave birth to his son a year ago and stood up for her husband during his trial . |