Example sentences of "[is] [verb] up for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
2 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
4 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
5 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
6 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
7 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |