Example sentences of "[verb] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 2 | In his final statements in the Venezuelan capital Caracas , his last stop , Bush repeated the central message of the tour , that a " new age " was opening up for the Americas . |
| 3 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 4 | Apparently he 'd rung up for the ride . |
| 5 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 6 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 7 | Now he 'd lost that sense of fitting the rubrics which his kin and his province drew up for the proper conduct of a man like himself . |
| 8 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 9 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 10 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 11 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 12 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 13 | Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . |
| 14 | He had post-graduate study in Canada lined up for the following year and was looking for short-term employment . |
| 15 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 16 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 17 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 18 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 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 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 22 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 23 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 24 | ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ? |
| 25 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 26 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 27 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 28 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 29 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 30 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |