Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIXTY seven schools are squaring up to compete for £8,000 prize-money in The Northern Echo Schools Cricket Championships . |
| 2 | BURIAL costs in Middlesbrough are going up to pay for the installation of cameras in flats overlooking cemeteries . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going up to change for dinner . |
| 4 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've come to collect my car , but I just could n't drive off without first coming up to apologise for my behaviour last night . ’ |
| 6 | The building society grapevine is buzzing with rumours of foreign predators queuing up to bid for a large British society . |