Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you only got up for a coffee ? |
| 2 | The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire . |
| 3 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 4 | Some cooks are born great , others have their natural skill improved by training , yet others train hard enough to make up for a lack of natural talent . |
| 5 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 6 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 7 | The volunteer may help the young person with job applications or other form-filling , go to a football match or the cinema with them or just meet up for a chat . |
| 8 | It would be so easy just to give up for a while . |
| 9 | She said oh no I just rang up for a chat . |
| 10 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 11 | The flow will not let up for a minute . |
| 12 | Boro boss Lawrence , meanwhile , is not lined up for a summer move to Spurs despite rumours sweeping the NorthEast . |
| 13 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 14 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 15 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 16 | ‘ She had been totally geared up for a reconciliation , ’ says Columb Farrelly , then manager of Sinead 's band and the man who persuaded the troubled teenager to seek out her mother . |
| 17 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 18 | ‘ Amber always runs up for a hug when I walk through the door ’ , she says . |
| 19 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 20 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
| 21 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
| 22 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 23 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 24 | Well stand up for a start ! |
| 25 | At least now I know that perhaps one day we might get a car — even save up for a house — and that 's something to look forward to … so I do n't think of myself as a cabbage . |
| 26 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 27 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 28 | We even split up for a while . |
| 29 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 30 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |