Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . " |
| 3 | Above her head Silas murmured , ‘ I 'll admit I 've been slow — but we 'll make up for it later , my dearest . ’ |
| 4 | Okay we 'll give up for today . |
| 5 | Maybe I thought we could make up for all those afternoons . |
| 6 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 7 | Me and an aunt , just outside Norwich we used to go up for Sunday dinner it was very nice along the river there , and a , I thought the very nice part of cathedral , there 's a cathedral lies very low it had some very nice erm , mm , what you call it , close , is it ? |
| 8 | is n't there a risk that if we do n't keep a reasonable balance between employment and employment demand and employment supply in North Yorkshire , we shall finish up for different reasons with a need to regenerate the economy of Yorkshire , North Yorkshire ? |
| 9 | But we will speak up for ourselves . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 11 | Unfortunately , there have been no social events this year hopefully we can make up for this in nineteen ninety four . |
| 12 | Then we 'll see what we can rustle up for breakfast . |