Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 2 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 5 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 6 | She had just emerged to frown at the Manport , wearing a plain dark coverall that made no concession to dressing up for important company . |
| 7 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 8 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 9 | They 're one of 14 national display teams limbering up for this weekend 's International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 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 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 12 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 13 | But he 's okay now and revving up for next week 's World Cup group three game against Latvia at Windsor Park . |
| 14 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 15 | Instead of coming up for medical attention he was just sitting there , looking white , and Ruth was sitting next to him . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
| 18 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 19 | Every Londoner seemed to be out of doors : the stall-holders were busy making up for lost trade and the air was thick with savoury smells from taverns and cookshops . |
| 20 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 21 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 22 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 23 | The 24-year-old was hoping to be a regular England choice , but instead finds himself making up for lost time . |
| 24 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 25 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 26 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 27 | CANADA 'S 13 Engines , with their considered blend of ominous guitar and vocals and a sometimes lumbering , limbering beat , should have little trouble making up for lost time with this overdue European release of their excellent debut LP . |
| 28 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |
| 29 | Meanwhile Keith and Mae are settling down to married life , making up for lost time . |
| 30 | He 's a fifteen month-old making up for lost time . |