Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] up for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businesses in buildings with glass shattered by the blast were re-assuring staff that it would be safe to turn up for work . |
| 2 | ‘ Soon be able to come up for air . ’ |
| 3 | Flemish and Spanish doors , slabs of different coloured marble , stone surfaces , panelling , good mahogany , were all snapped up for background effect . |
| 4 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 5 | In the fifty years since the TA was last called up for war there have been many changes . |