Example sentences of "up for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds .
2 Do not stand up for a few moments .
3 We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking .
4 I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ?
5 I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ?
6 She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers .
7 He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt .
8 We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me .
9 ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents .
10 There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible .
11 We 're going to put him up for a few days .
12 Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days .
13 Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care .
14 Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more .
15 Well if they come round to ours this year I 'll invite them in I 'll take them to my basement and I 'll lock 'em up for a few days .
16 We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’
17 instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days
18 A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing .
19 ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ?
20 He found it incredibly rewarding and had a couple of momentous experiences of such excitement that he tried to recreate the excitement instead of going back to what caused it ( the old Orgasmic-Goal orientation — see Dr Ruth , pages 12 to 461 ) , so he gave up for a few years .
21 In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap .
22 Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn .
23 If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition .
24 They signed up for the same courses and joined the same societies ; they sat together in seminars and went together to the National Film Theatre ; they had sex together and moved together into a one-roomed flat in their second year .
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