Example sentences of "was [verb] up for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not only other ancient literature that was opened up for new understanding by the Renaissance : the Bible too began to be read with new eyes , eyes no longer focused simply by the authoritative teaching of the church . |
| 2 | It was a relief when , at 21 , Stan was called up for National Service . |
| 3 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 4 | On another occasion when I was holed up for two days in a tiny cottage in Snowdonia while it poured with rain , an ordnance survey map , my first hand knowledge of the area and an illustrated catalogue of Turner 's work allowed me to prepare for locating the sites where he worked . |
| 5 | The Highlands Congested Districts Board was set up for this purpose in 1897 , but it was able to achieve very little . |
| 6 | I was laid up for five weeks , could n't do any work whatsoever and just sleep , cuss the family , be generally grumpy , tired and achy . |
| 7 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 8 | Having made it , that family was split up for more than a year , but was reunited after the Blitz and eventually settled in Torquay . |
| 9 | The Imperial 's chef , at last let loose in his own kitchen , was making up for lost honour . |
| 10 | The way he was fired up for last season 's FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth , despite knowing he was to have major heart surgery the next day showed his commitment . |
| 11 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 12 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 13 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 14 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 15 | Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes . |
| 16 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |