Example sentences of "up [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One childless career woman described the scene when she discussed having a child and giving up work for a while . |
| 2 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 3 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 4 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
| 5 | J. Chapman , Sledmere Drive , Acklam , Middlesbrough : I was a final year pharmacy student in Sunderland and I was setting up apparatus for a chemistry experiment , when another student came in with the sad news that the King had died . |
| 6 | Farmed out tourist attractions like Farm World on the Clwyedog Valley Heritage Trail are drumming up publicity for a new Crosville bus service for visitors . |
| 7 | CHARTBUSTERS Boyz II Men are giving up sex for a year to stay on top of the job . |
| 8 | However , in view of the fact that the fielding team is compelled to position two attacking fieldsmen , bowlers bowl either just short of a length hoping for a slip catch , or well up angling for a driven chance to short cover or mid-wicket . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the SPD kept up pressure for a policy of ‘ co-existence ’ with East Germany . |
| 10 | There seem to have been a lot of people who took up painting for a while and then dropped it : often enough , like the young Roger Vadim , to become a cineaste or a designer in the lively world of small theatres ( which are also extensively documented in the Pavillon des Arts . ) |
| 11 | Radchenko was the creator , moving into the penalty area before setting up Piatnitski for a simple finish . |
| 12 | In The Games , he was cast as British milkman Harry Hayes , who takes up athletics for a joke , is spotted by a former champion runner and ends up in an Olympic Marathon . |
| 13 | Nearby in Coire an Lochain , Brian Davison and I started up Daddy Longlegs and finished up Ventricle for a very hard route called Big Daddy ( VI ) . |
| 14 | Acute back pain forced the Prince to give up polo for a month in June , 1991 . |
| 15 | I more or less gave up cottaging for a while . |