Example sentences of "up [art] [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine that — passing up the opportunity for a little hanky-panky with yours truly . |
| 2 | But the suggestion is that he was the black sheep , because he gave up the throne for a woman . |
| 3 | After all , a round in the mid-60s might well bring him well up the field for a charge on the final two days . |
| 4 | It opens up the possibility for a male to come along and displace or remove the sperm stored from a previous mating . |
| 5 | If I may be allowed a topical rugby metaphor , we had , so to speak lined up the ball for a conversion . |
| 6 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 7 | This might have shored up the dollar for a time had the US balance of payments improved as expected . |
| 8 | He has also taken up the case for a market-orientated reform , which has been started , but with far less vigour . |
| 9 | This weekend , buoyed by the growing Liberal Democrat support and the trend to a hung Parliament in the most recent opinion polls , he is moving on to the next stage : cranking up the case for a coalition . |
| 10 | Mr Robinson took up the case for a majority of the Castlereagh firemen who left the Fire Service because they were not prepared to uproot their families and move to Carryduff . |
| 11 | HOLLYWOOD heart-throb Tom Cruise picked up the bill for a group of students he saw trying to impress their girlfriends . |
| 12 | After all , it was join him or prop up the door for a few hours . |
| 13 | We also hired a speedboat in Ipsos and powered up the coast for a beautiful view . |
| 14 | With the league regionalised over Winter it 's almost certain that Clwyd , Gwynedd and Powys teams will prop up the table for a couple of months . |
| 15 | In almost identical terms , constituency parties in the province and Britain have stepped up the pressure for a decisive Government move . |
| 16 | Second and third produced a 9–9 stalemate , so Harrogate kept up the pressure for a final place after their 13–7 home victory over Winnington Park . |
| 17 | Even if it were true that the Tsar was long dead , as people said , Abie knew that no army ever gave up the hunt for a deserter . |
| 18 | Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young declared the Herculaneum Dock has been earmarked for Private Finance Initiative cash , which will speed up the hunt for a private sector developer . |
| 19 | Sixty-two years later Charles Black , Adam 's grandson and current chairman , has been sent the same manuscript ( which incidentally has survived a direct hit by a flying bomb in the Second World War ) by a descendant of the colonel who has taken up the search for a publisher . |
| 20 | Then you can boil up the carcass for a turkey soup or stock . |
| 21 | They , Castle Houses , had put up the prize for a steeplechase and had also taken over a prestigious handicap hurdle race already in the programme for Saturday . |
| 22 | She held up the lanthorn for a better look . |
| 23 | The light has strengthened enough now to gather binoculars and telescope and start up the car for a look round my ‘ patch ’ . |
| 24 | It took radical change in teaching method , requiring greater use of an organized collection of resource materials , to point up the need for a greater degree of professionalism and for larger and more ambitious organizations . |
| 25 | Draw up a plan for a supermarket using the following information : |
| 26 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | He canna climb up a tree for a coconut , he canna go up the mountain for wild bananas . |
| 28 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 29 | A group of children have taken up a campaign for a footpath outside their school . |
| 30 | He 's drawn up a route for a walk to the South Pole … of Mars , that is . |