Example sentences of "went up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal .
2 I went up for a weekend .
3 All three of us if we went up for a weekend .
4 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 .
5 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 . ’ .
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