Example sentences of "[pron] up for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 2 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 3 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 4 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 5 | They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’ |