Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 2 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The tables were filling up for afternoon tea . |
| 5 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 6 | Blackburn , loads of Iti clubs were queueing up for him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 9 | Lucien hurried to the wardrobe where several garments were hanging up for his use . |
| 10 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |