Example sentences of "up [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think there were niggling little points in all the quarries , the workforce certainly has n't been happy up in for a long time . |
| 2 | Among the more satisfied will be Aston Villa whose one one draw with currently Spain 's hottest club er certainly sets them up nicely for a place in the third round of the UEFA Cup . |
| 3 | Grown up enough for a proper kiss , I wonder ? ’ |
| 4 | TWO youngsters cuddled up yesterday for a special ‘ thank you ’ to the man who gave them life . |
| 5 | Every Sunday the family get up early for an enormous American breakfast — pancakes , ham , waffles with maple syrup , and then later on in the afternoon they all sit down to an English roast . |
| 6 | The Germans , who are so widely attacked for not coughing up more for a war on which they were n't consulted , are the only Western country making real sacrifices , not only to integrate East Germany , which is costing them 150 billion Dm this year , but also to help Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary and even the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | Rory , having ducked out of meeting Rosie the night before , had said they 'd pick her up later for a meal , but his talk was all of Jessica . |
| 8 | They looked up incuriously for a moment , then went back to their talk . |
| 9 | She came up here for a night to see Mummy , to sort out some details about the wedding . ’ |
| 10 | Why do n't you come up here for a week or two and I 'll show you how to knit a string bag to put hubby in then you can hang him up with the onions . |
| 11 | Early this year I secluded myself up here for a life of quiet , concentrated study and meditation , rediscovering myself in the vastness and solitude of the mountains . |
| 12 | At one point , George Duke said to me , ‘ Why do n't you stay up here for a minute — I want you to play . ’ |
| 13 | Your old man here has brought me all the way up here for a complete and utter waste of time |
| 14 | ‘ Look , did you call me up here for a particular reason ? |
| 15 | Er these gentlemen have a presentation to make and I wonder if Ron would come up here for a moment , please . |
| 16 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 17 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 18 | I 'd like you to put up there for a few days , and try to scrape acquaintance with her . |
| 19 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
| 20 | Daylight suddenly burst upon them , sunlight , and up there for a moment blue sky and white clouds and a tall whitish building . |
| 21 | Erm ironically I was one of those that went from Essex to Manchester and I did live up there for a couple of years but er decided to come back . |
| 22 | Polly said she 'll have to have her up there , have to have her up there for a while she 's very low |
| 23 | Cos it said like like holiday maker so they get up there for a rest ! |
| 24 | So , I 'm fed up I want to go to Malita And then we get , they 'll call in and say you have n't come up there for a week ! |
| 25 | Just imagine now , my dear brethren , if the modernists had their way we 'd be having a banjo up there for an organ — sorry Miss Baker ! |
| 26 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 27 | No excuse for turning up late for an appointment in Aarau . |
| 28 | Straightening up again for a brief rest , he worked out a method of getting through the opening . |
| 29 | Although desperately tired both had pushed any thoughts of sleep from their minds , though after checking in at the hotel , the Vendome … chosen for its proximity to the station … , they had each taken a long , refreshing shower before meeting up again for a late breakfast in the dining room . |
| 30 | Even before Hello , Dolly ! went into production , Richard Zanuck had agreed with Gene Kelly and producer Frank McCarthy , who together had made A Guide for the Married Man , to team them up again for a screen version of the fantasy Tom Swift and His Wizard Airship . |