Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 2 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 3 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 4 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 7 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 8 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 9 | At about the same time as Jayne and Dave were tying the knot , creative director Nadia Marks was limbering up for the 20th anniversary of her wedding to writer husband Graham , whom she met at art school . |
| 10 | Secretly ( because the papers would never report it ) , behind the scenes a huge demand was building up for a ‘ decent ’ paper , one which — dare they say it — would Tell the Truth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 15 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |