Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists . |
| 2 | Patients were usually followed up for at least 6 months after the last event . |
| 3 | Where inmates were once locked up for 23 hours everyday a more liberal attitude now prevails . |
| 4 | This affluence was made possible not only by higher wages ( in real terms ) but because new mass markets in non-essential goods were also opened up for the population at large . |
| 5 | These rabbits were probably fattened up for some special occasion . |
| 6 | Black people can be denied eligibility by rules which were originally drawn up for completely different purposes ; property let to ethnic minorities tends to be of lower quality than that allocated to the white population ; and black families , which tend to be larger , may not find council accommodation which is large enough for their needs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | When half of the goods were subsequently put up for sale by auction , they realised £309 . |