Example sentences of "[verb] up for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 32 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 33 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 34 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 35 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 36 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 37 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 38 | Ronnie Wilkie from Pest Control Dundee recently proved that cockroaches are anywhere and everywhere when he signed up for a sizeable job to rid an oil rig off the Aberdeen coast of them . |
| 39 | Meanwhile , West Ham defender Julian Dicks has revved up for a big-match return tonight — thanks to a £10,000 Harley Davidson . |
| 40 | Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb |
| 41 | Food and Drink : Roll up for a saucy lamb |
| 42 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 43 | I went up for a closer look . |
| 44 | A census of birds sighted each day throughout the year , and kept up for a considerable number of years , is an invaluable source of information to all concerned with the monitoring of bird numbers . |
| 45 | All appointees have to provide a urine sample — even Pamela Harriman , the new ambassador to Paris , had to stand in line , clutching her paper cup — and turn up for a face-to-face interview , which usually lasts between one-and-a-half and two hours . |
| 46 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 47 | If you 're not doing it like that and you 're in a conversation or atmosphere in the room , when I find it , this little gadget is wonderful , this will pick up for a long way , this will pick up the dogs next door , if there was no other noise in this room . |
| 48 | In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m . |
| 49 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |
| 50 | Reed has signed up for a further period of seven years to publish the back list of John Steinbeck , after submitting a lavish brochure of marketing plans to the estate . |
| 51 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 52 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 53 | FORMER Northern Ireland international star Ian Stewart is being lined up for a dramatic comeback with Glentoran . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | In week 4 she was in bed by 8pm every night except one , when she was allowed up for a special event . |
| 56 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 57 | With a soft , luxurious feel , they are wonderfully comfortable for wearing around the home , but could just as easily be dressed up for a smarter occasion . |
| 58 | All dressed up for a good cause |
| 59 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 60 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |