Example sentences of "[vb pp] up for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 2 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 3 | After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini . |
| 4 | Fred was now fully wound up for an argument . |
| 5 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 6 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 7 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 8 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 9 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 10 | PLANS have been drawn up for an education resource centre at the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park near Holywell . |
| 11 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |
| 12 | Got up for a wee in the night . |
| 13 | ‘ She had been totally geared up for a reconciliation , ’ says Columb Farrelly , then manager of Sinead 's band and the man who persuaded the troubled teenager to seek out her mother . |
| 14 | Thus the property was tied up for a generation . |
| 15 | I would say that if a person is locked up from that time at night , there 's circumstances , their perhaps observation for their own safety , erm any body else that can be trusted at night sanitation are not locked in , they have the facilities to go to the toilet during the night , I mean this person that 's just said must of obviously been ob observation or was locked up for a reason . |
| 16 | Whoever wrote the lyrics to that should be locked up for an affront to the English language . |
| 17 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |
| 18 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 19 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 20 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 21 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's been laid up for a while with a problem in the starting mechanism , but a friend is now completing a repair job for me , and we hope to be up and running again soon , ’ explained Gordon , pictured with the vehicle 's log-book . |
| 23 | These 85 patients have been followed up for a total of 583 person-years . |
| 24 | Eight patients of group 1 and seven patients of group 2 were followed up for a period of >3 years ( mean follow up 47 ( range 37–60 ) months for both groups ) . |
| 25 | Of seven patients whose percutaneous cholecystolithotomy failed because of residual cystic duct stones , only two were advised to undergo cholecystectomy and the remainder have been followed up for a median of 14 months . |
| 26 | All patients were followed up for a minimum of two years through the inflammatory bowel diseases clinic . |
| 27 | Out of the 25 patients discharged from the hospital 21 treated by endoscopy and two treated with surgery were followed up for a mean of 28.3 and 22.5 months , respectively . |
| 28 | In the same year Forbes described 22 patients with contraindications for surgery in which an endoprosthesis was placed , of these four ( 18% ) developed cholangitis , three had a repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with clearance of the ducts , and two died of unrelated causes , the remaining patients were followed up for a mean of 14 months with no complications ( 17 ) . |
| 29 | The other 43 patients underwent long term endoprosthesis placement and were followed up for a mean of 15.9 months ; six ( 15% ) developed cholangitis requiring surgery or endoscopic clearance of the ducts , there were no biliary related deaths . |
| 30 | Ten patients died of unrelated causes and the remaining 10 were followed up for a mean of 26 months with no biliary symptoms . |