Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] up for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
2 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
3 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
4 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
5 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
6 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
7 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
8 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
9 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
10 | Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours . |
11 | But these two were n't dressing up for the great outdoors . |
12 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |
13 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
14 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
15 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
16 | The middle reach was occupied by small craft , mostly laying up for the winter , some of them already double lashed down under weather-cloths . |
17 | blindly coming up for a breather |