Example sentences of "really [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was really pumped up for this one , I was even doing chin-ups on my bed last night . |
| 2 | Now I 'm against that and I 'm therefore against I regret to say what the Noble Lord , Lord said , and I 'm extremely sorry to see that he has moved on this particular matter er because th there is no case , that has been really made out for this . |
| 3 | Are educational establishments really geared up for the European challenge , and do our current measures go far enough ? |
| 4 | Jim had not really woken up for his breakfast and was happy to curl up in the back again . |
| 5 | In recent years , it 's been nice to know that I could decide to take my wife Lizzie on Concorde and not have to ask permission from the bank manager , but I 've never really gone in for extravagances — they all add up to too many paper rounds . |
| 6 | Erika felt goose-pimples on her arms and the thought crossed her mind that , despite all that had been said to her about courage , perhaps she was n't really cut out for stardom , after all . |
| 7 | I 'm not really cut out for adoption . |
| 8 | Er well that did n't last very long , he was n't really cut out for that sort of thing at all . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're probably not really cut out for the life of brigandry and terrorism , ’ said Cornelius kindly . |
| 10 | ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday . |
| 11 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 12 | ARSENAL face a trial by TV at Liverpool tomorrow with keeper David Seaman insisting : ‘ We 're really fired up for this one . ’ |
| 13 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 14 | Well they said they will , they think will be by the time they 've paid up cos they had n't really paid up for , for last years yet ! |