Example sentences of "up for [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the Sole family plan to spend a fortnight 's holiday in Florida before David girds up for Scotland 's challenge in the Five Nations . |
| 2 | Now Millns is established as one of the most feared and effective fast bowlers on the county circuit , and he might well have been called up for England 's final Test at The Oval but for injury . |
| 3 | MIDFIELDER Jamie Redknapp today received some compensation for Liverpool 's early exit from Europe when he was called up for England 's Under-21 international against Turkey at Brisbane Road on November 17 . |
| 4 | In other words , technology does not make up for Europe 's high labour costs . |
| 5 | Only 17 anglers turned up for Sunday 's Notts AA Open on the Trent at Shelford so a match was organised downstream at East Bridgeford where there was a stunning result . |
| 6 | In fact : a full-length cinema-scope colour spread of BB on her stomach at the water 's edge displaying a bottom ‘ as bare as a censor 's eyeball ’ said Time ; BB rescued from the sea in a clinging wet dress ; her wedding night concealed behind some strategically tossed bed linen ; and her breasts showing in faint outline through the sheet she is holding up for modesty 's sake ( they were never seen unveiled ) . |
| 7 | Thatcher , Archer and Stallone lined up for BBC 's Wogan shows . |
| 8 | All was safely gathered in and Mr and Mrs Squirrel Nutkin 's hoard was laid up for winter 's sustenance . |
| 9 | Hoddle 's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer 's loss . |
| 10 | He had got himself put up for Pratt 's because it was impossible to have lunch there . |
| 11 | The Arts : Piping up for Spielberg 's Peter Pan |
| 12 | In England and Wales these lessons were taken further through the creation of a series of urban development corporations — first set up for London 's Docklands and Merseyside , and later extended to a number of other areas , including the Black Country , Trafford Park , Teesside , Salford , Tyne and Wear , Cardiff Bay and Sheffield . |
| 13 | She turned as her maid appeared from the anteroom with two dresses , one gold and one white , which were held up for Jane 's inspection.Jane pointed to the pale gold dress then returned her attention to the mirror . |
| 14 | Tickets snapped up for Swindon 's big day . |
| 15 | In a discussion with Jenny Ball , we talked about those women teachers who stood up for women 's rights . |
| 16 | PRINCE Charles came under furious criticism from MPs last night after he spoke up for France 's rioting farmers . |
| 17 | She was tiring of the steak and chips which she regularly served up for Len 's evening meal . |
| 18 | Finally , at the low end , Acorn spin-off , Advanced RISC Machines , seems set to battle it out with AT&T 's Hobbit RISC in the handheld computer market — ARM has been taken up for Apple 's Newton range , while Hobbit is expected to be the RISC target for Go Corp 's PenPoint operating system . |
| 19 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 20 | Come up for God 's sake , Harry , so I can pull you out . |
| 21 | But at the last moment , the Bahamian government agreed ( there were rumours that a good deal of money changed hands ) , and a new flight plan was drawn up for Hassan 's 747 . |
| 22 | It was the second time witnesses had failed to turn up for Tapping 's trial . |
| 23 | Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ? |
| 24 | ‘ Come on , hurry up for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 25 | The three things which really set us up for John 's arrival . |
| 26 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 27 | ‘ Wo n't folk be saying it 's us , not Allan Lamb , who are bringing the game into disrepute by acting out a lie and covering up for Pakistan 's bowlers ? |
| 28 | Getting geared up for Microsoft 's Windows NT , Inmark Development Mountain View , California , has announced an NT version of its zApp C++ Application Framework . |
| 29 | Symmetric multi-processing firms — such as Corollary Inc , Sequent Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , NCR Corp and Compaq Corp — who have signed up for Microsoft 's NT technology do not deny that as it stands , SMP NT does need to be adapted and tweaked to run on their respective systems . |
| 30 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |