Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] up for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 2 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 3 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 4 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
| 6 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 8 | That a similar system be set up for the archival negative collections which would be rehoused within the proposed new photographic suite . |
| 9 | MUSIC students in Scotland and London are tuning up for the first annual LASMO Music Festival to be held in the theatre at Haddo House , Aberdeen , on 22 June . |