Example sentences of "up [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A businessman and a man who puts up ramps for a living ? |
| 2 | the French are convinced that the Germans want to preserve their monetary hegemony as EMU approaches : the more dominant the Mark is , the more Germany will be able to dictate conditions and draw up plans for a European central bank based on the Bundesbank . |
| 3 | The main aims of the workshop are to stimulate the production of media education textbooks and resources for the African context , to equip more people , especially women , as trainers , and to draw up plans for a media education programme in southern and eastern Africa , starting in 1992 . |
| 4 | A FOREIGN medical company has drawn up plans for a private hospital development in Darlington , it was revealed last night . |
| 5 | Dave Morpfee again impressed as he bagged 3–33 to set up Bangor for a response of 111–5 , Hefin Lewis , Andy Savage and John Parry all scoring 23 as Ruthin 's John James pocketed 4–29 . |
| 6 | On June 7 , the government named a committee of experts which would draw up proposals for a draft constitution on the basis of previous constitutions and the report of the National Commission of Democracy , which advocated an executive president and a national assembly , both to be elected on the basis of universal suffrage , an independent judiciary and guarantees of human rights . |
| 7 | Anna is a Russian poet , visiting London to drum up signatures for a petition protesting against her brother 's imprisonment in the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | One Air Force Day we were putting up stands for a show and he leapt up and did about half a dozen speeches from Henry IV and Henry V . |
| 9 | FIRST-TIME buyers are queueing to snap up homes for a £1 down-payment . |
| 10 | One childless career woman described the scene when she discussed having a child and giving up work for a while . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
| 14 | I 'd been banging up dikes for a couple of years when smack came on the scene and I just sort of carried on as I had been doing , y'know , with the smack instead of the dike . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round . |
| 17 | A punter at Pontefract races collected £24,843 for a 10p investment while another customer at a Tote betting shop in Paddington picked up £12,421 for a 5p outlay . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | One of the interesting things about my reminiscing is that it stirred up memories for a lot of other people , too . |
| 20 | He set up Whiddett for a header just wide of the mark before being booked with Ecchinswell 's Dean Nelson for retaliating after the latter had put in a late tackle . |
| 21 | Many councillors take the view that it is easy to drum up names for a petition although you may have more impact if , say , the petition is restricted to immediate neighbours of the development . |
| 22 | Seth scored 60 not out and then returned figures of 17–5–42–5 as Witham were reduced to 97 for six , setting up Sudbury for a 60-run success . |
| 23 | The central vista is a high dyke leading to an observation tower where visitors can spiral up 75m for a bird's-eye view of the site and — on a clear day — Rotterdam and the North Sea . |
| 24 | Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round . |
| 25 | CHARTBUSTERS Boyz II Men are giving up sex for a year to stay on top of the job . |
| 26 | After their early opportunity Holland did not glimpse another scoring chance until eight minutes before half-time , when Kieft and Koeman combined to set up Berghuis for a hard , low cross which Taffarel could not hold . |
| 27 | Looking up charges for a cricket net or a tennis court per hour yielded high success rates ( around 80 per cent for each of the bottom two bands and around 90 per cent for the top band ) . |
| 28 | Oh , erm could you leave that up Cathy for a minute ? |
| 29 | I had an ultimatum from Great-gran : if I take up proceedings for a divorce , then I go out of here , but dear Andrew stays . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |