Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barbel 's the only woman among thirty competitors lining up for the start in Geneva this weekend . |
| 2 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 3 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 4 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 5 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 6 | By paying particular attention to texts and images created by women in the visual arts and performance as well as in literature , the book goes some way towards making up for the lack of awareness of women 's art . |
| 7 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |