Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] up for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans .
2 MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign .
3 There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months .
4 We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’
5 The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead .
6 We 're going to put him up for a few days .
7 He intended to mark it up for a hundred .
8 But at least we have trained the waitress to bring us three cups of coffee each for breakfast , as we need at least that to wake us up for an early morning start !
9 In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap .
10 No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination .
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