Example sentences of "up for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 2 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 3 | The police Holmes computor system , set up for major crime investigations , is being used to collate information from across Britain . |
| 4 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 5 | A great many doctors feel that chemical sensitivity is improbable — a dubious diagnosis that probably covers up for psychosomatic illness , hyperventilation , or purely psychological symptoms . |
| 6 | Hold up for 5 counts . |
| 7 | Lying down , with knees bent towards the chest , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 8 | Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 9 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 10 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 11 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 12 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 13 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 14 | Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 15 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 16 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 17 | This involves standing up for personal rights and expressing your thoughts , feelings , and beliefs directly , honestly , and spontaneously in ways that are respectful of the rights of others . |
| 18 | With the mines now being put up for private operation , a great deal will depend on how sincere British Coal is about helping the new licensees to make a go of it . |
| 19 | Sign up for private insurance . |
| 20 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 21 | One of my colleagues went up to D 's cottage last weekend and PK was up for eight days about a fortnight ago , and had a really super week and not bad weather though there was a lot of snow at the roadsides on their way back — she went with current boyfriend , a nice chap who lives in Midlands . |
| 22 | They must never be broken up for short-term gain . |
| 23 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 24 | The phrase " has with him " seems to exclude articles picked up for immediate use . |
| 25 | Better have some O neg. sent up for immediate use as well . |
| 26 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 27 | Like a , a good example the , the the ninety three one , the ninety two one rather this year was a good example because there was erm a titanic battle in Old Harlow where the leader of the council Richard was up for re- election . |
| 28 | Discounting the John Major ‘ feelgood factor ’ he also expects to make up for lost sleep . |
| 29 | Then they escorted us to our rooms , where we gratefully made up for lost sleep . |
| 30 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |