Example sentences of "are [verb] up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he agree that the fact that so many parts of the country are queueing up for ESA status is a tribute to him and to the usefulness of such areas ? |
| 2 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 3 | Further growth of the market is anticipated , perhaps by 30pc again next year , and many of the big players are gearing up for expansion . |
| 4 | Black kids are psyched up for sport anyway . |
| 5 | The Bermuda Triangle , Erich von Daniken , transcendental meditation , Jean-Pierre Girard and , of course , Uri Geller , are shown up for frauds . |
| 6 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
| 7 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 8 | The private possessions of Robert Maxwell are going up for auction . |
| 9 | But I could not row more grain without causing an even worse grazing crisis from April to July when three acres are laid up for hay . |
| 10 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 11 | Section 57 states : ‘ In the case of a sale by auction — ; ( 1 ) Where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 12 | Under s57(1) , where goods are put up for sale by auction in lots , each lot is prima facie deemed to be the subject of a separate contract of sale . |
| 13 | ‘ Conversely few companies are in a position to compete strongly in the auction when subsidiaries are put up for sale , ’ they said . |
| 14 | More study needs to be made of garden buildings and structures in later Victorian and Edwardian town gardens , which were often laid out on an elaborate scale and contain interesting features that have been entirely forgotten ; these are in danger of destruction as the gardens of suburban houses are divided up for redevelopment . |