Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] up for a " in BNC.

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1 In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers .
2 Ten thousand people were taken up for a guinea a ride of a few moments .
3 In the same year Forbes described 22 patients with contraindications for surgery in which an endoprosthesis was placed , of these four ( 18% ) developed cholangitis , three had a repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with clearance of the ducts , and two died of unrelated causes , the remaining patients were followed up for a mean of 14 months with no complications ( 17 ) .
4 All patients were followed up for a minimum of two years through the inflammatory bowel diseases clinic .
5 Out of the 25 patients discharged from the hospital 21 treated by endoscopy and two treated with surgery were followed up for a mean of 28.3 and 22.5 months , respectively .
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