Example sentences of "him up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Early on in that , the hero 's homeless and somebody puts him up for the night . ’ |
| 2 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 3 | I would n't give him up for the world . ’ |
| 4 | Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners . |
| 5 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 6 | I mentally signed him up for the STBO ( Stating the B — ng Obvious ) Club . |
| 7 | Bob Geldof would shine as scruffy Larry but cleaning him up for the post wedding scenes could be hard . |
| 8 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 9 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 10 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 11 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |