Example sentences of "[verb] up for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Since coming home , I have played for Wasps against Cambridge and for England against South Africa , so I need three tough Divisional fixtures to sharpen up for the international championship . |
| 32 | By the way they 're also made up for the following week as well in case , if it 's Tuesday night , oh , let me just look at next week , what have I got ? |
| 33 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 34 | Now that Rune had taken charge of the whole operation , bringing in ‘ back-up ’ troops , her own futile efforts were being shown up for the amateur plan they were ! |
| 35 | Three year rolling service agreements are to be drawn up for the other directors and senior employees as set out in Appendix II . |
| 36 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 37 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 38 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 39 | Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre-season testimonial match for Barnett . |
| 40 | As a regular attender of Irish League games could I suggest that the 22,000 who turned up for the United v Villa debacle perhaps try the fare served up in the Irish League which I 've no doubt they would find much more exciting ( unless Bangor and Ards are involved ! ) |
| 41 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 42 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 43 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 44 | ‘ Come on , my sweet morsels , open up for the nice sheep . ’ |
| 45 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 46 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 47 | Similar ideas for features , visits and events could be thought up for the remaining areas . |
| 48 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 49 | DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side . |
| 50 | Women team up for the new season |
| 51 | As Julian & co limber up for the long haul , you get the feeling they never really hated rock as the survivors of post-punk seemed to . |
| 52 | Runners limber up for the big test |
| 53 | Stepping up for the pre-fight weigh-in at a solid 144 pages , it comes across as a black , grainy , militant meltdown of Premiere , Rolling Stone , Spin , The Source and Details . |
| 54 | We carried a medical team with vehicles and back up for the medical team . |
| 55 | He has received a card with drawings of gangsters on it and threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ if he turns up for the second-round tie . |
| 56 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |
| 57 | It will not make up for the insufficient level of public services that Cleveland has been given by BR . ’ |
| 58 | It will make up for the thirty-five minutes you were late . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ It will make up for the dismal showing of the England football and cricket teams , lift some of the sporting gloom . |
| 60 | The 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |