Example sentences of "[pn reflx] up for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 2 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 3 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 4 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 5 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 6 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 7 | The bunkers ate into the fairway at around the 240-yard mark to cool the aggressive ardour of the professional golfer who might try to cut the slight dogleg and set himself up for an easier shot into the two-tier green . |
| 8 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 9 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 10 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 11 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |