Example sentences of "up for [num] [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 | Hold up for 5 counts . |
| 3 | Lying down , with knees bent towards the chest , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 4 | Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 5 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 6 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 7 | 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 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 10 | Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 11 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 12 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Fireman locked up for 11 arsons |
| 15 | Koo Stark turned up for one case wearing a short and flowery little-girl 's party frock with velvet cuffs , which said , ‘ Gee , I am gentle , I am vulnerable in the big bad world . ’ |
| 16 | ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon. |
| 17 | Fifty patients with healed ulcers were followed up for one year . |
| 18 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 19 | Ringing up for one order , so it does work out better now . |
| 20 | The mercenaries on the street looked up for one moment , eyes wide , and then he was upon them . |
| 21 | I might get up for one thing and put back another by mistake . |
| 22 | The traffic had jammed up for one thing and then we were treated to the sight of the guy in the rabbit costume ( it must have been male , women do n't run like that ) tearing down the street carrying a sledgehammer , hotly pursued by two policemen trying to keep their helmets on . |
| 23 | The 24 patients in this group with an abnormal naevus pattern have been followed up for 178 person-years . |
| 24 | GIRDING up for six hours with the Mahabharata is a long training . |
| 25 | I stood up for six questions , not least for question No. 3 , in which I have a constituency interest . |
| 26 | The follow up varied from 41 to 180 days , and because the trial was stopped only 48% of the patients were followed up for six months . |
| 27 | My rent is paid up for six months . |
| 28 | Patients were followed up for six months with ultrasound and assessment of symptoms . |
| 29 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 30 | Yeah , she 's only coming up for six weeks , mm , a monster . |