Example sentences of "[to-vb] up for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 2 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 3 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 4 | Lucien , however , liked the comparative privacy of the court and , once he 'd become familiar with the routines of the household and felt confident enough to venture around alone , went there often to limber up for an hour before his own breakfast . |
| 5 | I wish I thought better about the opportunities 1992 has to offer , but realistically I do n't think we 've even begun to limber up for the competition . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter |
| 7 | ‘ Look , ’ Forester said urgently , and Carson could imagine his knuckles going white as he gripped the payphone receiver hard in an attempt to get his point across , ‘ my chance at having a kid 's been ruined , and the police and the government have got their heads together to cover up for the killer . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 9 | because that , he wanted to go up for a medical which was a bit erm , unethical , but I do n't know whether it 's true it 's , you know it 's just what someone said |
| 10 | If you live too far away to drive up for the day why not go for an extended weekend ? |
| 11 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 12 | It would be so easy just to give up for a while . |
| 13 | Of the quintet Bradley looked to have the best chance : second in the Gold Cup in 1982 and a gutsy winner of the Hennessy , the nine-year-old Bregawn was clearly a chaser of great ability , though he had begun to show signs of temperament , being reluctant to line up for the start on occasion . |
| 14 | In order to build up for the trip to Orrell , Cusworth is omitted from the Leicester side to face Coventry at home this weekend . |
| 15 | Admittedly Richard rode four winners too , but after poor Thetford Forest 's fatal fall had given Grand National Day a tragic finale in the Janneau Mersey Novice Hurdle , his battered rider was advised by the Jockey Club 's doctor , Rodney O'Donnell , to rest up for a week . |
| 16 | Just to keep fit , or as he said ‘ to warm up for a day at Sekers ’ he swims about three miles each week . |
| 17 | It 's to warm up for the weekend it said . |
| 18 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 19 | WARRENDER fitness instructor , gives Citizen readers a few tips on how to trim up for the summer . |
| 20 | Cars have been popular in the movies since Mack Sennett was wrecking them around 1914 in such shorts as Lizzies of the Field — not funny to some members of early audiences , who were trying to save up for a Ford Model T or ‘ tin Lizzy ’ . |
| 21 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'as to save up for the fare , and when I get there it 's nearly time to come back , ’ Ella said . |
| 23 | A former Grand National jockey charged with burglary and deception has failed to turn up for a court appearance . |
| 24 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 25 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 26 | The large crowd that crammed into the new men 's toilets at COLDALE TROJANS ground last month were disappointed that guests of honour , the Nolan Sisters , failed to turn up for the opening . |
| 27 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 28 | The 28-year-old graduate from Bristol University was fined at the end of last season for failing to turn up for the team coach travelling to the FA Cup final after discovering he had been dropped in favour of the fit-again Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 29 | A casual worker who , without good reason , fails to turn up for an assignment which he has accepted is unlikely to be offered assignments in the future . |
| 30 | The restaurant was decked with more stars and stripes than you could count , and the staff took great care to dress up for the occasion . |