Example sentences of "up and [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 2 | The villages of Yater and Kafra were seized by Israeli troops , and buildings were blown up and searched for rockets ; 25 Lebanese and two Israelis were reported killed and four members of the Fijian contingent of UNIFIL were wounded , two of them seriously . |
| 3 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 4 | The kitchen then became a hive of industry , with the fat being cut up and rendered for lard , kept in a big earthenware pot . |
| 5 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 6 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 7 | As part of a wider plan to restore Naples ' historic centre and bring back into public use an artistic and historical heritage that has been shut up and neglected for too long , the Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici in Naples has announced a programme of restoration of twenty-six churches to start on 5 December . |
| 8 | The Charter Unit 's second-class sets , or more correctly standard class sets as BR now prefers to describe them , also underwent refurbishment during the tail end of the 1980s with twenty-four of the Mk 1 TSOs being smartened up and fitted for air braking during 1988 , and a further twelve earmarked for the same treatment during the early part of 1990 . |
| 9 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 10 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 11 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 12 | The World Cup will inevitably become not a sporting event , but a completely commercial package — no longer the peasant game , but sanitised , trussed up and priced for corporate consumption . |
| 13 | When she was dressed and made up and prepared for it , she enjoyed the attention , she enjoyed being photographed , and she found the sight of her face on the covers of magazines and newspapers enormously exciting . |
| 14 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 15 | At a recent Thames rodeo the ladies had to provide their own rescues in a heat as the rescue boats had packed up and gone for a brawl ! |
| 16 | Regulation 22 declares that LCH will have no liability in respect of a tender , documents or delivery , or any matter arising under a contract , unless : ( 1 ) The member claiming against LCH gives notice of his claim by 5 pm in the afternoon of the seventh business day after that on which documents are to be taken up and paid for by the buyer ; and ( 2 ) That member refers any dispute to arbitration under the market rules and an award is made in his favour . |
| 17 | Some such cars were held up and trapped for up to six hours , for those who could the best option was to leave the car and complete the journey on foot . |
| 18 | During their absence , any discrepancies must be followed up and accounted for by the replacement or supervisor . |
| 19 | Pray God it was n't Tommy Elliot 's farm , which I 'd played with for two years and which I feared — from glances and whispers that I 'd caught between my sister and Mrs Elliot — was going to be cleaned up and bought for me for Christmas . |
| 20 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |
| 21 | The scattered globular rocks which both remarked were steadily gathered up and used for making limestone . |
| 22 | A JUDGE apologised yesterday to a shoplifter who was locked up and forgotten for nine months . |
| 23 | The story of the lift does not end here , for it was many years before it was finally cut up and sold for scrap . |