Example sentences of "[pers pn] up for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
2 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
3 | We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’ |
4 | They they something like , and I 'll look it up for the precise wording , that this would be acting like greenbelt . |
5 | Mr Sweet does not want to farm the site , but dig it up for the valuable peat underneath . |
6 | It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day . |
7 | They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’ |