Example sentences of "up for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 2 | MUSIC students in Scotland and London are tuning up for the first annual LASMO Music Festival to be held in the theatre at Haddo House , Aberdeen , on 22 June . |
| 3 | Have you been er worrying about Margaret Thatcher tearing a pound note up for the last twelve thirteen years ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 5 | They holed up for the next two days in Leatherslade Farm House … at Oakley twenty seven miles away . |
| 6 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 8 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 9 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 10 | Events lined up for the next few weeks include Indian dancer Bisakha Sarker performing as part of a Verbal Images event , a European Youth Dance Night , The Cholmondleys and V-Tol Dance Company . |