Example sentences of "up for [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's now coming up for its 12,000 mile service , and does n't feel as though it needs it at all . |
| 2 | Ray Hanna too G–FIRE up for its first test flight on March 14 , 1981 , in primer . |
| 3 | For a long time KFW has been promoting in particular the small and medium scale sector of the economy , i.e. it grants loans at favourable interest rates to small and medium sized enterprises to make up for their specific financing disadvantages … |
| 4 | WITH millions already shaping up for their New Year diet , doctors have warned against some of Britain 's most popular weight-loss plans . |
| 5 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 6 | THE rival teams in the Clairville Common soccer complex row warmed up for their final pitch battle yesterday . |
| 7 | ITALY , weakened by injuries and suspension , could face a torrid time in tonight 's World Cup qualifier against a Portuguese side fired up for their first home match in the series . |
| 8 | For the FA Cup Finalists to go down Sunderland would have to lose their last three matches , with Oxford winning their final game at Tranmere and making up for their inferior goal difference , Plymouth and Newcastle also winning , and Grimsby getting at least a draw . |
| 9 | Shilton , who is himself injured , has just 14 full-time professionals to choose from for the visit of Hartlepool after losing Just when Shilton thought things were looking up for his Second Division side before the 3-2 FA Cup win over Peterborough , he lost striker Paul Boardman with a foot injury and on-loan defender Richard Dryden with a groin injury . |
| 10 | He was pleased with this phrase of the Captain 's and was evidently storing it up for his National Service boys . |
| 11 | CLIFF Richard looks like he could use a Summer Holiday as he limbers up for his next sell-out UK tour . |
| 12 | And that was where at the age of sixteen , I turned up for my first job interview . |