Example sentences of "up for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 2 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 3 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 4 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 5 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 6 | Save up for a holiday . |
| 7 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 8 | The flow will not let up for a minute . |
| 9 | Would you mind shutting up for a minute , |
| 10 | Tt now if we just take that , that latter point up for a minute we can |
| 11 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 12 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 13 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 14 | They brought Sam here , Put him up for a year . |
| 15 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 16 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 17 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 18 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 19 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 20 | Yeah yeah yeah I had a shilling pocket money and out of that I saved up for a bike . |
| 21 | LEEDS UNITED 'S Steve Hodge was last night lined up for a Pounds 700,000 move to Everton . |
| 22 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 23 | The couple , who want to remain anonymous but live near Darlington , signed up for a unit at Sutton Hall , near Thirsk , last June . |
| 24 | AT LONG last we have a newspaper that will speak up for a referendum on Maastricht . |
| 25 | I stood up for a gasp of air , ducked down again , searching with fingers , with feet , with urgency turning to appalling alarm . |
| 26 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 27 | It would be so easy just to give up for a while . |
| 28 | With the sea-routes open again trade picked up for a while . |
| 29 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |
| 30 | To keep us all happy and friendly and wanting to work together , I 'd split us up for a while . ’ |