Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his final statements in the Venezuelan capital Caracas , his last stop , Bush repeated the central message of the tour , that a " new age " was opening up for the Americas . |
| 2 | More innovatively , companies signing up for the programme will be legally committed to going through a conciliation process to sort out unforeseen interoperability problems . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 10 | Some of the south 's top-staying chasers will be in action at Tweseldown , lining up for the areas ' longest race — the Field Seymour Parks four-mile mixed open . |
| 11 | He hoped to make amends in the 200 metres and would have started a clear favourite had first the marksman and then the referee not barred him from lining up for the heats . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 14 | Barbel 's the only woman among thirty competitors lining up for the start in Geneva this weekend . |
| 15 | Many thousands of bicycles will be lining up for the Argus Cycling Tour … but one entry is particularly unusual … because it 's a tandem . |
| 16 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 17 | Gesner , turning up for the dress rehearsal the next morning , was rather bored . |
| 18 | Crowds waited outside the venue to catch a glimpse of pop stars turning up for the awards ceremony , being televised on ITV by Carlton tonight . |
| 19 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 22 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 23 | From where I 'm sitting ( in a Paris café as it happens , pal , limbering up for the days 500cl — I mean 500 word slog ) , a rest in that sense would take the form of a couple of shifts in a Bolivian tin mine — and Club Med do n't fly there . |
| 24 | He spent 1990 watching his paymasters demolish the investment bank that he had spent the previous seven years building up for the Pru 's assault on Wall Street . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 30 | 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 ? |