Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I usually take no notice and just turn up for work the following day . |
| 2 | When the cold engine that was the city had coughed and kicked and finally started up for the day , then she 'd set out about her business . |
| 3 | Rhinos are mainly hunted for their horns which are then used in the Middle East for ceremonial dagger handles and also ground up for so called healing properties . |
| 4 | But he is intent now on presenting Instead , he preferred to dwell on his newly manufactured a softer image and even turned up for his press conference in an , admittedly immaculate , white tracksuit instead of his normal £2,000 Saville Row variety . |
| 5 | Horoscopes were also extremely popular and frequently drawn up for Protestant clergy and laity ; even Queen Elizabeth , the head of the English church , consulted her astrologer before deciding on a date for her coronation . |
| 6 | Kim said , but wait a minute , there was a pile of blankets in the back ( which Dod used to cushion his full kit on long runs ) and we could lay those out and maybe cuddle up for warmth . |
| 7 | Now that was a year , but , er because you was n't a bound apprentice , when trade fell off in the winter , and it fell off drastically in the winter , and then built up for Easter , when everyone in those days bought new clothes . |
| 8 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 9 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 10 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 11 | Erm I er move straight over to er er Graham and then open up for any questions or if anybody wants to say anything from the floor . |
| 12 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 13 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 14 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 15 | I wanted to pick someone who saw herself as part of the community and yet stood up for her rights . |