Example sentences of "and [vb base] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , all of us had er a bed-sitting room of our own which we kept on between cases cos we had to have somewhere to live and erm and then of course we , we 'd come back there and make up for lost time really . |
| 2 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 3 | Lying down , with knees bent towards the chest , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 4 | Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 5 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 6 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 7 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 8 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 9 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 10 | Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 11 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 12 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 13 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 14 | Repeat 3 more times , and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 15 | Repeat 3 more times , and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 16 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 17 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 18 | Repeat 4 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 19 | Repeat 5 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 20 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 3 counts . |
| 21 | Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ? |