Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] up for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 2 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | In week 4 she was in bed by 8pm every night except one , when she was allowed up for a special event . |
| 5 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |
| 6 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |