Example sentences of "[verb] up for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blackburn cracked under the pressure , as Kerslake and Jones lined up for shots and David Mitchell cleaned up . |
| 2 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 3 | So it wo n't , they wo n't get picked up for arrears processing . |
| 4 | Her famous voice ( ‘ Percet ’ said Sir Colin Davis of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden ) , is in such worldwide demand that she is booked up for years to come . |
| 5 | Former Middlesbrough midfielder Mark Burke could line up for Wolves . |
| 6 | Both England stars started their careers at Acklam Park , Middlesbrough , and youngsters , aged nine to 14 , can now learn to run with the ball and line up for line-outs with the Rugby Union course on the same turf . |
| 7 | ‘ A year ago father went to Brittany ; he 'd been saving up for years and he went on a nine-day excursion . |
| 8 | BE safe , not sorry , was the message from fire chiefs today as they and their crews geared up for fireworks night on Merseyside . |
| 9 | Irina , who did not dress up for Ludens , was wearing a simple faded old dress , frail with much washing , the sleeves rolled up well above her elbows . |
| 10 | Stephen Murray had saved up for months to take his wife on the trip . |
| 11 | He described the heap of rubble from which it and the rest of the building had risen and how he and the owner , who came up for weekends , had taken eight years to finish it and turn it into the Mirimar which we now perceived it to be . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Charlie , you know my mind 's been made up for years . |
| 13 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 14 | The Bermuda Triangle , Erich von Daniken , transcendental meditation , Jean-Pierre Girard and , of course , Uri Geller , are shown up for frauds . |
| 15 | I think they thought , who is this bloke that keeps turning up for practices but does n't actually do anything and has never heard of the Who ! ’ |
| 16 | The locals are thinly spread but Pembrokeshire Sea Canoeists , a group of about a dozen of around his own age of 31 , meet up for paddles and he is a member of the board lifesaving club at Whitesands . |
| 17 | Clinical grading was specifically drawn up for nurses , ‘ yet it will start to break up as soon as job evaluation is introduced ’ . |
| 18 | that need , you know if you 're , unless you live sort of here you 're going up for appointments , doctors , whatever |
| 19 | Options need to be created and opened up for women . |
| 20 | Post offices , railway stations and schools had the new , and the rest the old ; in the cottages there was friction as children and their fathers turned up for meals at different times . |
| 21 | When kept under conditions of constant light and temperature , they still turned up for meals at regular intervals . |
| 22 | Library users lobbied councillors as they turned up for todays education committee meeting . |
| 23 | Like any other young couple they teamed up for outings to the beach , for barbecues with friends , or visits to the cinema . |
| 24 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 25 | ‘ With that I have to feed and clothe us , pay rent and bills , and save up for extras , like presents . |
| 26 | Fishermen reported hearing the explosion and bits of debris were washed up for months afterwards . |
| 27 | That was the most appalling display she 's offered up for years . |
| 28 | The new road has opened up for motorists an area hitherto out of bounds . |
| 29 | This three-pronged approach has proved to be a successful formula , and many new markets have been opened up for companies as a result of participation on a mission . |
| 30 | competition Three of the best We 've gone competition potty this month and any guitar here in the Guitaristoffice which has n't been nailed down we 've got up for grabs . |