Example sentences of "up for a [noun sg] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 2 | Some cooks are born great , others have their natural skill improved by training , yet others train hard enough to make up for a lack of natural talent . |
| 3 | I fear that our nation has set itself up for a decade of national strife . |
| 4 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 5 | The plot fires off in every direction at once , almost entirely wasting some of a fine ensemble cast ( Maria De Medirios shows up for a couple of close ups and little more ) , introducing sub-plots at the very last minute ( a homosexual love affair between the opera 's leading man and director is inexplicably absent from the rest of the movie ) and turning from light comedy to an intense marital drama with no warning . |
| 6 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 7 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |