Example sentences of "[vb base] be [v-ing] up for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
2 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
3 | ‘ Since the late Sixties , ’ says Richard , ‘ the women have become more active and have been standing up for themselves , as is only right , but men have become more passive . |
4 | Welcome back:Thousands of new Oxford students have been signing up for anything from scuba diving to tiddlywinks , in this year 's freshers ' fair . |
5 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |