Example sentences of "[verb] up for a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 2 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 3 | ‘ And to keep that feeling together I will try and make arrangements that we can all team up for a leisure day . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Gliders lining up for a competition launch |
| 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 | In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo . |
| 8 | The parents paraded with placards outside the Forest of Dean District Council offices as members turned up for a planning meeting . |
| 9 | I learnt this lesson the hard way : I turned up for a dinner party having remembered everything for the baby , even flowers for the hostess , and then the baby was sick all over my lovely silk skirt ! |
| 10 | Among the groups in Essex who carried on the tradition yesterday were members of the Great Tey Footpath Preservation Society and villagers from neighbouring Chappel , who teamed up for a 14-mile walk around the boundaries of the two parishes . |
| 11 | All fired up for a marathon effort |
| 12 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 13 | Now there 's a sight you do n't see every day , Restaurateur and Chef Extraordinaire Raymond Blanc , the man who sets culinary trends at up to £70 a head , queueing up for a school dinner in Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | The Leeds Permanent Building Society , for example , pays £5 to one of three charities for each customer who signs up for a Leeds Visa affinity card . |
| 15 | Belfast limbering up for a fitness challenge hat-trick |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 18 | ‘ They just collapse , ’ he said , leaning against his winning pumpkin , which looked like something run up for a stage set . |
| 19 | Cars have been popular in the movies since Mack Sennett was wrecking them around 1914 in such shorts as Lizzies of the Field — not funny to some members of early audiences , who were trying to save up for a Ford Model T or ‘ tin Lizzy ’ . |
| 20 | A former Grand National jockey charged with burglary and deception has failed to turn up for a court appearance . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Several could not recall subscribing to Channel 7 ; one had refused to subscribe ; one had signed up for a trial period at some point ; and the majority had been unhappy with the service . |
| 23 | Keighley were not keen to visit the Humbersiders on Saturday because they claim that they had a sponsor lined up for a home game . |
| 24 | ‘ Nigel Benn is number two , but he 's lined up for a world title shot with Italian Mauro Galvano so Henry will be all set to fight for the vacant European title . |
| 25 | Boro boss Lawrence , meanwhile , is not lined up for a summer move to Spurs despite rumours sweeping the NorthEast . |
| 26 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 27 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 28 | The experience of being an old person , a senior citizen , is imposed from outside , as for example people find when they first queue up for a retirement bus pass : ‘ The general expectation [ is ] that old people should be incompetent ’ ( Victor , 1987 , p. 265 ) . |
| 29 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 30 | It is just asking the public to sign up for a Barton by-pass . |