Example sentences of "[vb past] it up for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He went and fetched it up for me .
2 You did , stuck it up for her ?
3 He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him .
4 She spent a good deal on the house ; well , it was his house , she kept it up for him , even afterwards .
5 Although his initial interest had been aroused because of the connection between current problems and events which may have taken place in a former life , he became so enthralled by the topic that he took it up for its own sake .
6 McCallan said : ‘ I may not have been in the game a lot until I got my goal , but that made it up for it . ’
7 JACK CHARLTON ( Leeds and England 1952–72 ) : ‘ I think he summed it up for me a couple of years ago when they questioned him being an Englishman in charge of the Irish team .
8 When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect .
9 Shufflebotham picked it up for him .
10 A mechanic friend at Merpati Airlines picked it up for us .
11 Well John set it up for me .
12 Then he capped his own little finger with it and held it up for them both to see .
13 See , ’ she held it up for his inspection .
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