Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 2 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 3 | MARKETS in the Far East and Middle East are opening up for hi-tech heat-beating textile produced by Performance Fabrics . |
| 4 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 5 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 6 | Swindon have to fight on in the promotion race … while Oxford have to battle on in the relegation scramble … but things are looking up for United … they 're off the bottom of the table for the first time since November thanks to a win at Brighton |
| 7 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 8 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 9 | Well I 'm staying up for one more game |
| 10 | But there was only two of us and the firm did not want to keep you on , realizing that you could be coming up for fifteen , they they finished you . |
| 11 | Dettori , who will be warming up for next season in Hong Kong , did not rest on his laurels , steering odds-on Shintillo to a sauntering success in the Something For The Boys Maiden . |
| 12 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
| 13 | Worse still , the new skiers — beginners — who should have been making up for those who stop because old age or the arrival of infants stops ski holidays — were simply not attracted to a sport when everyone was complaining about bad conditions . |
| 14 | For that very reason , the Government are standing up for British businesses and British services in Brussels as we want more jobs , not fewer . |
| 15 | ‘ But you are making up for that today , ’ said Dr Neil gravely , his mouth twitching , particularly when she looked at him , a question on her pretty face , her mouth being too full for further speech . |
| 16 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 17 | And winger Franz Carr ruined two promising build-ups with poor crosses when Deane and Hodges were lining up for clear strikes at goal . |
| 18 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 19 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 20 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 21 | And erm then a I , Gillian could n't see me on Thursday , and then Friday William is coming up for half term , so er |
| 22 | Toby Tobias was quickest away and Desert Orchid could find no more , but the race was far from finished , for as Mark Pitman on Toby Tobias made for the winning post Graham McCourt urged Norton 's Coin to a final effort , and as the two jockeys , whips swishing , pushed their courageous mounts up the hill the cheers from the stands which moments before had been tuning up for another Dessie triumph lapsed into a disbelieving murmur : this was not the right script at all . |
| 23 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 24 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |