Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 2 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 3 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 4 | He 'd get very wild those times , like he was making up for something . |
| 5 | 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 . |