Example sentences of "up for that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had n't turned up for that date . |
| 2 | Instead they acted as a brake on German economic power by milking the state of subsidy as if it had been set up for that purpose alone . |
| 3 | Is it not time for an initiative to make local authorities hand over their property to housing associations , and could regional ombudsman be set up for that purpose ? |
| 4 | Somewhere where you , where you can go , where you can offer to do the washing up for that afternoon if you get bored |
| 5 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 6 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 7 | goes , I had to pick all six up for that price , put them away for next year 's presents . |
| 8 | I 'll write him up for that medication now . ’ |
| 9 | I draw on feeling banked up for that time . |
| 10 | Grant was removed from those authorities , so that any increase in spending brought a fall in income and , therefore , implied a further increase in rates to make up for that loss . |
| 11 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 12 | The first person she had opened up for that morning had been the postman at five past eight . |
| 13 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 14 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |