Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 2 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 4 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 5 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 6 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 7 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 8 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 9 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 10 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 11 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 12 | FERRARI the fast fading Grand Prix giants , are revving up for a revival … with British know-how . |
| 13 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 14 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 15 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 16 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 17 | I was supposed to be saving up for a car , but I 'm still too young to take my driving test , so I bought her instead — with the first payment of the advance for this book ! |
| 18 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent ( UX No 425 ) , should come as no real surprise . |
| 19 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent , should come as no real surprise . |
| 20 | Many thousands of bicycles will be lining up for the Argus Cycling Tour … but one entry is particularly unusual … because it 's a tandem . |
| 21 | Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can |
| 22 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 23 | But there 's still a feeling of unease amid police suggestions that someone from the village could be covering up for the killer . |
| 24 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 25 | I should have thought that hon. Members would have got behind the work of the regulators , who are standing up for the interests of the customer . |
| 26 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 27 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 28 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 29 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 30 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |