Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 2 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 3 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 4 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 5 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 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 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 8 | Shilton , who is himself injured , has just 14 full-time professionals to choose from for the visit of Hartlepool after losing Just when Shilton thought things were looking up for his Second Division side before the 3-2 FA Cup win over Peterborough , he lost striker Paul Boardman with a foot injury and on-loan defender Richard Dryden with a groin injury . |
| 9 | The tables were filling up for afternoon tea . |
| 10 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 11 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 12 | Further growth of the market is anticipated , perhaps by 30pc again next year , and many of the big players are gearing up for expansion . |
| 13 | Blackburn , loads of Iti clubs were queueing up for him . |
| 14 | The road behind the tall wall was still quiet , but the birds were making up for it , their incessant repeated sounds rising to sudden random crescendos as they all chirped fiercely together . |
| 15 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 16 | Lucien hurried to the wardrobe where several garments were hanging up for his use . |
| 17 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |
| 18 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 19 | The military style great coat , which we featured a couple of weeks ago , is probably THE single item fashion victims are queueing up for . |