Example sentences of "up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her favourite Isabella ( later demoted to ‘ Lady in a Turban ’ ) was snapped up for the museum in 1896 , a few weeks before one of Berenson 's best finds , a Rembrandt self-portrait . |
| 2 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 3 | But we are convinced that the housegroup group , if it is to be powerful in building people up for the fight , is the place for this . |
| 4 | If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’ |
| 5 | Conflict with authority : Family members may repeatedly try to cover up for the misdeeds of the primary sufferer and may be exceedingly angry with various authorities when they themselves are found out . |
| 6 | MONICA Seles will be in the line up for the TSB Women 's Tennis Classic in Dublin towards the end of the year — but there is an ‘ if ’ involved . |
| 7 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 8 | Cos I 've got ta make up for the sleep I lost erm yesterday . |
| 9 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 10 | Come on , Miss Williams , you 're not so naïve that you honestly believe that a mere apology will make up for the way you behaved . ’ |
| 11 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 12 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 13 | Oracle next up for the CAFS search accelerator treatment |
| 14 | The paper quoted his wife as saying : " We hope our work within the ANC will … make up for the hurt caused to so many people by Dr Verwoerd . " |
| 15 | I should have thought that hon. Members would have got behind the work of the regulators , who are standing up for the interests of the customer . |
| 16 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 17 | I suppose I was conceited enough to imagine that the amount of love I have for her would make up for the deprivations . |
| 18 | George said : ‘ By that time , they could be digging me up for the operation . ’ |
| 19 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |
| 20 | Usually , these are insignificant , and can often speed things up for the customer as well . |
| 21 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 22 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 23 | Artists team up for the Roosevelt memorial |
| 24 | When he leaves here , he faces four tournaments — Antwerp , Toulouse , Paris and Wembley — in five weeks to tune up for the Masters on 27 November . |
| 25 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 26 | JON Joannides warmed up for the Lombard RAC Rally in the best possible way by winning the Cambrian Rally . |
| 27 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 28 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 29 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 30 | ‘ Sir , ’ they say , ‘ thank God there is someone … restored my faith in human nature … performed a signal service … struck a blow for common sense and ordinary human decency … exposed the hypocrisy of those who for our sins are set in authority over us … expressed what the vast majority of people fed … spoken up for the minority whose views are never taken into account … ’ |