Example sentences of "up [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yesterday 's match-winning pair up front , Aberdeen 's Booth and Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson , were lining up together for the first time during the current campaign .
2 It was warm , crisp , fresh and set the taste buds up nicely for the main event .
3 The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation .
4 Next day it was up early for the short trip to EuroDisney .
5 You feel you are standing up straight for the first time in your life ; you can do anything while this feeling lasts , you can take on the world .
6 Since July profits have picked up slightly for the first time in 18 months .
7 And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National .
8 I mean they 're probably booked up now for the next three or four years anyway
9 Welcome to Molyneux , Headley , Brian Horton 's with me , the United manager because he was brought up in this part of the world , must be very proud of what you brought up here for the second half Brian , but so disappointed after that first half showing .
10 ‘ It has been very quiet up here for the last two years , but suddenly we have had a surge , ’ says a Vardy spokesman .
11 Meanwhile Saddam Hussein massed troops in northern Iraq in apparent preparation , said the United States , for an attack on the ‘ safe haven ’ set up there for the Iraqi Kurds .
12 Of their 31 meetings , this was their eighth in Florida and Sabatini , invariably revved up hard for the latest occasion , has won seven .
13 It should be emphasised , however , that the crude rate is probably an underestmate of the true proportion of recurrent ulcers , because it assumes that patients who were withdrawn ( and therefore not followed up endoscopically for the entire 12 months ) did not develop an ulcer relapse .
14 This section provides a step-by-step guide for users setting up Offline for the first time .
15 You can lace up tight for the next couple of weeks and try to act normal .
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