Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 2 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 3 | Did you have to psych yourself up for the part ? |
| 4 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 5 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 6 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 7 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 8 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 9 | Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title . |
| 10 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |