Example sentences of "put it up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He specialises in the period between 1500 and 1675 and is also keen on art : last year he bought a Van Dyck from Althorp when the Spencers put it up for sale . |
| 2 | ‘ If you have pictures whose past is confused , or questioned , or whose title and ownership are a matter of dispute , the one way to settle this is to put it up for auction and see what happens . |
| 3 | Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong . |
| 4 | Present owners British & Commonwealth announced that it hoped to raise an estimated £130 million by putting it up for sale . |
| 5 | In 1991 , the village pub was threatened with closure when the brewery put it up for sale . |
| 6 | I mean he would of put it up for sale knowing that you wanted to get somewhere between you , knowing that the house market is as it is |