Example sentences of "have [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We only start to talk about sacrifice with our children when something seriously wrong has happened in the relationship , when the mother or father says bitterly : ‘ Do n't you understand what I have given up for you ? |
| 2 | The eight to 10 weeks after schools have broken up for the summer are the peak period for tour operators , and it is only around mid-September that they can judge how successful they have been . |
| 3 | He looks as if the pools have come up for him . |
| 4 | The occasion is the 25th birthday of the U-K owners club and around half of its 1,300 active members have turned up for the celebrations at Silverstone . |
| 5 | What Stars & Stripes , which has the oldest America 's Cup class hull still racing , has lacked in pace , her crew have made up for in guile . |
| 6 | I have also of course been very excited by the new doors that have opened up for me that I never knew existed . |
| 7 | The schemes they have dreamed up for art-related asset-manipulation are being imitated throughout the world , notably in Europe and Japan . |
| 8 | It was based on the construction of a questionnaire , the Parental Attitude Research Inventory ( PARI ) , in which parents were asked to indicate their agreement with such statements as ‘ A child will be grateful later on for strict training , ’ and ‘ Children should realize how much parents have to give up for them . ’ |
| 9 | Can you explain the cultural foundation that you have set up for this loan ? |
| 10 | Furthermore , he contests , costs at the company have gone up for the simple reason that it has moved into different areas of activity — IBM simply made the mistake of trying to be ‘ all things to all people ’ , and so will never be able to return to the profit levels of the mid-1980s . |
| 11 | I mean you have to save up for it here do n't you ? |
| 12 | The British people are fighting back against the shoddy treatment with which we have put up for so long . |
| 13 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 14 | More than 120 people have signed up for the six courses and a regular programme of similar events is now likely to be organised at the Wivenhoe Park campus , near Colchester . |
| 15 | No participants at Art Expo have signed up for NICAF this year and the organisers have weighted the event heavily towards cultural and educational activities . |
| 16 | So far , 19 exhibitors have signed up for the events , including 3Com Corp , Conner Peripherals Inc , Fujitsu Ltd , Quantum Corp , Seagate Technology Corp and Ungermann-Bass Inc . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Since her success , 60 more pupils have signed up for the GNVQ — these are studying Business . |
| 19 | Another top rock outfit , AEROSMITH , have signed up for a show at the Point Depot in Dublin on October |
| 20 | Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers . |
| 21 | Already 18 people have signed up for the competition and it is hoped it will be a fitting tribute to one of the club 's favourite performers . |
| 22 | In Darlington , 99 fitness fans have signed up for Swimathon ‘ 92 which takes place at the Dolphin Centre at 5.30 pm tomorrow . |
| 23 | Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew , President of the BT National Swimathon , wished all 30,000 swimmers who have signed up for this year 's BT National Swimathon ‘ the very best of luck ’ . |
| 24 | Already , six major international conferences have signed up for the the centre . |
| 25 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |
| 26 | What 's the next production that you have lined up for ? |
| 27 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 28 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 29 | We have stood up for the values our country has always represented . |
| 30 | He did not understand my right hon. Friend 's point about how the Government have stood up for consumers by introducing competition and the right kind of legislation . |