Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Chilean fishermen are killing thousands of some of the world 's rarest dolphins so that they can chop them up for bait to catch the southern king crab . |
2 | " I 'll chop them up for kindling . " |
3 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
4 | A self-reliant smallholder with a good workshop could set himself up for barn-drying quite cheaply , connecting a second-hand electric or internal combustion motor to a suitable turbo-fan , and leading the air through ducts on the barn floor . |
5 | If you have got any sense , a lump sum of 400k can easily set you up for life . |
6 | So that was the attitude hey , but erm they 'll have me up for libel here . |
7 | But it was his birthday , so he invented a hiccup in the engine to let him take it up for height testing . |
8 | I 'll put them up for auction . ’ |
9 | One or two more bold strokes of the pen could wrap it up for Kenny ! |