Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |
| 2 | The tables were filling up for afternoon tea . |
| 3 | The three year contracts that Lyall and McGiven signed in the summer of 1990 were coming up for expiry so the Town board have been working to keep their highly successful pair with the club to put a stop to speculation and rumours that were beginning to start . |
| 4 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 5 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 6 | Robin Corbett , who was speaking up for animals from the opposition front bench in the fox-hunting debate , had a bitter experience of his own concerning the animal-lovers ' vote . |
| 7 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 8 | The governors had effectively decided at an emergency meeting on Tuesday night that Mr Birt should stay but question marks still hung over the future of Mr Hussey , especially as the BBC 's General Advisory Council recommended on Wednesday that he should go for effectively bringing the BBC into disrepute at a time when its charter was coming up for renegotiation . |
| 9 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |