Example sentences of "up [prep] [noun prp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our very own Rising Sun , John Millar of the Daily Record , fresh from his series on the wild , well slightly angry west , caught up with Wesley for a lesson in absolute hipness , but first , let's see old Wes in action |
| 2 | Pertwee 's the only one who could put up with Hatton for a moment , but no one 's willing to come out with it . |
| 3 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 4 | He 's playing at Southampton University , then flying back up on Sunday for a Sunday afternoon gig at the Aultnamain Inn , high above Tain on the mountain pass called the Struie . |
| 5 | The thought that she was the one with a boyfriend with a car made her feel very important — one up on Paula for a change ! |
| 6 | I was just coming up to Scotland for a holiday . |
| 7 | On one occasion she planned to fly up to Scotland for a meeting about the children 's work . |
| 8 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 9 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 10 | As the monk studied God 's Word he would frequently find his heart lifting itself up to God for a few brief but intense moments . |
| 11 | It is scarcely possible that the most incisive speaker and planner should have had to drive himself up to Newcastle for a meeting the other day — and in a car without a telephone . |
| 12 | In June he went up to Leeds for a three-week holiday : the air of the Yorkshire moors always did him good , and there were in the vicinity a doctor , an oculist and a radiologist to examine him periodically . |
| 13 | Near the station of the cable railway which takes you up to Gabulowka for a lovely view across the town , there are Russians and other traders selling bric a brac in the open market . |
| 14 | Ex-wife Ivana 's book about their marriage and divorce has been snapped up by CBS for a mini-series . |