Example sentences of "up for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | But during the whole thing David never stuck up for us — that 's what really got me . |
| 2 | He can speak up for us . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 4 | Just to be really awkward , would it be possible for you to turn something up for us by 16 ( preferably 15 ) June ? ! |
| 5 | You 'd have to pay for your own food , because — unless things look up for us — we shall have to live on grass like Nebuchadnezzar ; but that would n't cost you £1 a week , so you could manage the fare , could n't you ? |
| 6 | A mechanic friend at Merpati Airlines picked it up for us . |
| 7 | Armstrong said : ‘ Things are really looking up for us now . |
| 8 | ‘ It was all set up for us on Tuesday night , yet we went out to their only effort on goal . |
| 9 | Mum was waiting up for us when we got indoors , but before she could speak Mary began telling her about the agreement she had with Albert to pay for the wedding and this took the wind out of her sails . |
| 10 | A delusion and a vain hope are opened up for us , so we can witness their terrible results . |
| 11 | Be imitators of God , therefore , as dearly loved children , and live a life of love , just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God ( Eph. 4:3–5:2 ) . |
| 12 | This is what enables us in historical study to bridge the gulf between the present and the past , to enter into the experience and awareness which are opened up for us in the thoughts , beliefs , practices and social customs and institutions of other times and other cultures . |
| 13 | So the very being of God and the true nature of man are opened up for us in him . |
| 14 | I saved up for us to have a holiday , I booked a caravan and paid the coach fares and then on the morning we were due to go he said , " I 'm not going without a penny in my pocket , I ca n't , I ca n't . " |
| 15 | Counsel conjured up for us the picture of the accused person , after a gruelling day in court , returning to the cells to be met with the sight of an official of the Serious Fraud Office , armed with a further batch of questions , which he would be forced to answer on pain of being prosecuted for another offence . |
| 16 | And the picnic she put up for us was first-rate . |
| 17 | Henry holds the jumpers up for us to see . |
| 18 | Will he ensure that all discussions that take place are opened up for us to criticise and assist ? |
| 19 | Well I think you know you 've got ta , got ta speak up for us poor husbands sometimes |
| 20 | ‘ Oh yes , we shall have to see Brown , and hear whatever cock-and-bull story he 's cooked up for us . ’ |
| 21 | The revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe , the ending of the Cold War , the unification of Germany , all open up for us and our children the prospect of living in a Europe which is whole and at peace . |
| 22 | Pick that up for us |
| 23 | Cos what I thought , if I had a bigger you can always turn , you can always turn them up for us sew them and all that . |
| 24 | But I do n't know who it was , erm just some guy come in and said to us do you mind sticking that up for us , no not at all . |
| 25 | Can you pick up for us , please , perhaps a part-load price , for a bedroom suite from number seven Edgeware Road , when you 're going ? |
| 26 | The cup was a warm up for us and the league is what we play . |