Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] up for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count .
2 I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before .
3 At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party .
4 In his final statements in the Venezuelan capital Caracas , his last stop , Bush repeated the central message of the tour , that a " new age " was opening up for the Americas .
5 Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself .
6 When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night .
7 I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day .
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