Example sentences of "up [conj] [vb base] for the " in BNC.

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1 Do not forget that you live alone and there may not be anyone there to pick you up or ring for the doctor if you break a leg or a hip .
2 After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg .
3 I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’
4 But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’
5 Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone .
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