Example sentences of "[is] [verb] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 2 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 3 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 4 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 5 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 6 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 7 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 8 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 9 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 10 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 11 | Crilly has tidied the flat , and my bed is made up for a queen with extra duvets and fluffy pillows . |
| 12 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 13 | Finally , the field of comparative religion is opened up for the students in the study of the faiths of the modern world . |
| 14 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 15 | With no back-up flap system the aeroplane is set up for a slightly flatter flapless approach at 130 knots . |
| 16 | For Lacan notes how it is only when the infant encounters itself in a ‘ mirroring ’ image that a form is set up for the face and body ; the mirror provides a perceptual gestalt ‘ ideal ’ form , which does not reflect a reality since it differs from the subject 's fragmentary experience . |
| 17 | The wife 's brother is coming up for the festivities . ’ |
| 18 | Norway was of course seeded last in FIFA 's set up for the world cup ( no surprise as FIFA 's seeding is just base on recent world cup 's ) . |
| 19 | It 's to warm up for the weekend it said . |
| 20 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 21 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 22 | Otherwise , chopsticks are practical for one-handed eating , if the food is cut up for the patient . |
| 23 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 24 | ‘ Nigel Benn is number two , but he 's lined up for a world title shot with Italian Mauro Galvano so Henry will be all set to fight for the vacant European title . |
| 25 | What is lined up for the quincentennial in 1992 ? |
| 26 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |