Example sentences of "be [verb] up for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 2 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 4 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 5 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 6 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 7 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 8 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 9 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 10 | With a soft , luxurious feel , they are wonderfully comfortable for wearing around the home , but could just as easily be dressed up for a smarter occasion . |
| 11 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 12 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 13 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 14 | Plans are being drawn up for a new production line that will provide additional capacity of 60,000 tubes per day at the factory currently making 317,000 tubes per day . |
| 15 | FORMER Northern Ireland international star Ian Stewart is being lined up for a dramatic comeback with Glentoran . |
| 16 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 17 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 18 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 19 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 20 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 21 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | In week 4 she was in bed by 8pm every night except one , when she was allowed up for a special event . |
| 24 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |
| 25 | 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 . |