Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite obvious that the government have been gearing the NHS up for this plan for some time . |
| 2 | I did manage to lose half a stone ( 7lb/3kg ) , but I was so hungry all the time that I would not keep the diet up for longer than a month . |
| 3 | ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’ |
| 4 | Somewhere where you , where you can go , where you can offer to do the washing up for that afternoon if you get bored |
| 5 | CHAMPION TRAINER Paul Cole yesterday gave the thumbs up for Magic Ring to run in Saturday 's Singer & Friedlander Greenham Stakes at Newbury following another pleasing home gallop . |
| 6 | How are we going to get the investment up for nineteen ninety-two ? |