Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] up for the " in BNC.

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1 He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip .
2 It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me .
3 ‘ Early on in that , the hero 's homeless and somebody puts him up for the night . ’
4 As Evans-Pritchard succinctly sums it up for the Zande : ‘ Every misfortune supposes witchcraft , and every enmity suggests its author ’ .
5 It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day .
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