Sentence examples for up for a decent from inspiring English sources

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Up for a decent breakfast".

38th over: Canada 174-6 (Chumney 1, Dhaniram 12) Panesar goes up for a decent shout against Chumney but Paul Parker is having none of it.

Almodóvar's brother Agustín, who doubles as his producer, once described their birth village of Calzada de Calatrava as "the sort of place where people spend their whole lives saving up for a decent headstone in the cemetery".

It was previously declared the best picture of 2015 by critics in Los Angeles and Boston, setting it up for a decent run at best picture in the Academy Awards in March.

Supposedly one of the reasons that Thunder felt like they could move on from Harden, currently flourishing in Houston, was that they felt that they had young, affordable players who could make up for a decent amount of the offense they lost by shipping off their former Sixth Man.

When hotel workers went on strike to stand up for a decent wage, Keith was there.

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From 1989 to 2005, the Ashes followed a predictable script: England would show up, put up a decent fight for the first few days, then fall in a heap, and another weeks-long humiliation would follow at the hands of the remorseless Australians.

With regard to the accounts of women being beaten and robbed in Central Park (news article, June 22), then reporting it to the police and being ignored: It seems that when blacks were beaten up for driving a decent car or perhaps for just walking on the street, and public authorities ignored their pleas, the rest of us ignored them.

Abbott, who ruled out increasing the GST before the 2013 election, said he was up for having "a decent conversation with the Australian public" before the next election, due in 2016.

"It sets up for hopefully a decent race," Phelps said.

I'd had some grand ambition to edit my podcast on the 14-hour plane ride, but ultimately gave up looking for a decent Audacity replacement after downloading and installing a half dozen or so different apps.

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