Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone wishing to join the Liss club and perhaps start training now for next year 's race should just turn up for training on Wednesday evenings ( 7 p.m. ) and Sunday mornings ( 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 2 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 3 | Well anyway , I I 'll definitely go up for half a day a week you know . |
| 4 | I bet she 'll bloody wait up for Susan to ring . |
| 5 | The early morning was marvellous if you could only get up for it . |
| 6 | She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure . |
| 7 | The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank . |
| 8 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 9 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 10 | ‘ It is worth many thousands of Australian dollars so that will partly make up for the disappointment . |
| 11 | Rapid shooting may give many frames , but quantity will never make up for quality . |
| 12 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 13 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 14 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 15 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |