Example sentences of "go up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , you going up for a Chinese ? |
| 2 | Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can |
| 3 | because that , he wanted to go up for a medical which was a bit erm , unethical , but I do n't know whether it 's true it 's , you know it 's just what someone said |
| 4 | So we sort of switched all around now , so she eats with us at half past six stroke seven , goes up for a bath at seven thirty , eight o'clock and she 's in bed by nine , then she , she 's usually asleep by half past ten , but eh , it seems to have cured the problem we had with her , wanting , wanting me all the time , after she 's gone to bed . |
| 5 | Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal . |
| 6 | I went up for a weekend . |
| 7 | All three of us if we went up for a weekend . |
| 8 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
| 9 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 10 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 11 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 12 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 13 | Dad 's gone up for a bath . ’ |