Example sentences of "[was/were] up for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actors have not yet been announced , but the appealing rumour that Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were up for the lead roles has been denied |
| 2 | Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’ |
| 3 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 4 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |
| 5 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 6 | In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh : |