Example sentences of "[vb infin] up for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , did you line up for London with a positive mental outlook and were you full of confidence ? |
| 2 | ‘ What interests and hobbies would you give up for advancement at work ? ’ |
| 3 | Ruddy mortals , crouching and crawling around the under-carriage , they can look up for inspiration to the immaculate lives portrayed high on the walls of the workshop , to those models of determination and robust heroism familiar to all Soviet citizens : Riveters and Liberators , Welders and Flag-bearers , beaming Foundry-women with goggles thrown back on their brows like aviators from the Great Patriotic War . |
| 4 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 5 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 6 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 7 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |
| 8 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 9 | And anyway you 've got ta get up for school in the morning . |
| 10 | She says he was still up at quarter past and did n't get up for work until seven this morning , that 's what he said in note anyway , summat about he did n't fetch her a cup of tea up this morning cos he did n't get up till seven . |
| 11 | On July 7 Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami survived a vote of no confidence , proposed by the opposition Labour Party , over his government 's failure to secure acceptance for Malta 's application for full European Community membership ; Malta 's application would , however , come up for review by the EC Council of Ministers before the end of the year . |
| 12 | 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 . ) . |
| 13 | When Louis summoned , exceptionally , a third assembly in the same year , at Thionville , Pippin failed to appear ; and when he did turn up for Christmas at Aachen , there was a family row . |