Example sentences of "up for our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such remarks made up for our embarrassing waits . |
| 2 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 3 | On the surface , the Conservative victory of 1979 seemed to blunt the case for change and in a 1981 Commons debate on the British constitution the minister of state at the Home Office boldly put the case for no change , arguing that " this is a time when we should stand up for our great tradition of parliamentary democracy … |
| 4 | As the tale is told , it was our historical imperial taste that set us up for our indulgent role in the money boom of the last 30 years . |
| 5 | I went into the job feeling confident enough , but the wind that got up for our first day soon knocked that out of me . |
| 6 | It talks about the confident assumption that life on earth will exist in some form however much we manage to foul things up for our own species and those close to us . |
| 7 | Europa Europa , on the other hand , holds Solomon 's predicament up for our detached scrutiny , rather than involving us at gut level . |