Example sentences of "up for [art] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then .
2 ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago .
3 If you 've signed up for a Barclaycard recently , or joined the AA , you will probably have been tempted by the offer of ‘ free accommodation ’ in a ‘ superb range of hotels in the UK and Ireland ’ .
4 It 's certainly a , a day of reflection an and great appreciation on a part of all of us , the reason we 're here er for me , personally , I need to back up for a moment perhaps .
5 Cos I 've got to take these kids up for a bath soon er er you can stay
6 I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight .
7 The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York .
8 Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts .
9 As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead .
10 I 'm all packed up for the shoot tomorrow … the second last for this year — then 2 more in January & into the salmon season on Jan. 15 th ! & so the year 's round etc .
11 There the rooms were filled with ancient furniture , preserved under white sheets , as if the house had been closed up for the summer only , while its occupant was absent .
12 Vitamins , they said it was , to build me up for the flight home on Saturday .
13 Might have been queuing up for the keep-fit actually , yes I was , I was queuing up to go to keep-fit and there was a woman in the queue saying that about so and so and so , ooh he 's moving she said !
14 Legal contracts drawn up for the appeal also guarantee that all the money , which now stands at £270,000 , must be spent on the unit .
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