Example sentences of "[vb past] be [verb] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 2 | The boarding plank had been taken up for the night . |
| 3 | The part was expected to have materialised in a low-end 50MHz to 70MHz Hummingbird machine that had been talked up for the end of this quarter . |
| 4 | The part was expected to have materialised in a low-end 50MHz to 70MHz Hummingbird machine that had been talked up for the end of this quarter ( UX No 414 ) . |
| 5 | There the rooms were filled with ancient furniture , preserved under white sheets , as if the house had been closed up for the summer only , while its occupant was absent . |
| 6 | The show had been set up for the little jockey but maybe , at some time in the future , Mrs Butler would be interested . |
| 7 | Through the centuries about twenty-five houses had been built in Ploughman 's Lane , first of all for the minor gentry , the widows and kinsmen , for instance , of the lord of the manor ; in more recent times , equally large and widely spaced dwellings had been put up for the professional class . |