Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More innovatively , companies signing up for the programme will be legally committed to going through a conciliation process to sort out unforeseen interoperability problems . |
| 2 | But Mr Davies , who leaves behind a lower paid £85,000 at the commission , conceded he would have little difficulty in signing up for the business priorities agreed by the CBI 's governing council for the incoming government . |
| 3 | Winding up for the Government when the new clause was debated in the House of Commons on 14 April 1948 , Ede faithfully followed the Cabinet 's line , expounding the case for retention on the grounds that public opinion was not conducive to any change , adding as a supporting argument that the unarmed police had to contend with a ‘ class of gangster and armed criminal which hardly existed at all before the war ’ . |
| 4 | The price is to be announced later this month , but the word is you need £20,000 plus to own one … and then you could start saving up for the insurance ! |
| 5 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 6 | As Charles limped along Praed Street , he began to regret dressing up for the encounter , but when he reflected on the exceptional violence of blackmailers in all detective fiction , he decided it was as well to conceal his identity . |
| 7 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 8 | Frank was mentioned as one of the players lining up for the attacker spot — but Olsen chose Mjelde from our local league — top scorer this year in Norway — for the reserve spot after Fjortoft . |
| 9 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 10 | Barbel 's the only woman among thirty competitors lining up for the start in Geneva this weekend . |
| 11 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 12 | Gesner , turning up for the dress rehearsal the next morning , was rather bored . |
| 13 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 14 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 15 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 19 | If yours has n't reached you by the end of July , or you live outside the London area but fancy coming up for the occasion , please phone Pensions Department on freefone 0800 262 072 . |
| 20 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 21 | A very important time coming up for the club , some very important games , no more important to people in this area than the game at Swindon on Tuesday night , But then away to Middlesborough , home to West Ham , still something to play for for Oxford United this season if the results keep going their way ? |
| 22 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 23 | The seductive influence of Italian style and fashion is made manifest as The Face has us ‘ kitting up for the World Cup ’ with Italian soccer casuals . |
| 24 | Carol was at the coffee machine , stoking up for the day , the cover not yet off her typewriter . |
| 25 | in the rear of the trench , wrapped myself in an old Army blanket , I could hear the sound of the German sniping starting up for the day . |
| 26 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 27 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 28 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 29 | By paying particular attention to texts and images created by women in the visual arts and performance as well as in literature , the book goes some way towards making up for the lack of awareness of women 's art . |
| 30 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |