Example sentences of "up their [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Lexington society were present and the newspapers had been busy taking photographs and writing up their accounts for the morning editions . |
2 | MANY jobs and services in local government are under threat as councils draw up their budgets for the coming year , it was claimed yesterday . |
3 | Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair . |
4 | Mrs Postance 's opposite number at the Haywards primary school at the other end of town , Mike Palmer , talks of ‘ tooling up ’ for the undertaking : ‘ I 've had to use a large slice of my in-service training budget to release staff during the school day for quite substantial periods to match up their plans for the following year . |
5 | At the same time each evening , some house plants , such as mimosa and the prayer plant , fold up their leaves for the night . |
6 | The Rutshire and the South Sussex were warming up their ponies for the Jack Gannon . |
7 | Loading up their rucksacks for the trip of a lifetime . |