Example sentences of "up for a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 2 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 3 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 4 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 5 | The charity already has plans drawn up for a ten-bed hospice at Middlesbrough to care for terminally ill people and contractors are currently submitting tenders for the work . |
| 6 | The Britons are trying to keep ahead of Norwegian lawyer Erling Kagge , who hopes to make up for a late start in bad weather . |
| 7 | ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles . |
| 8 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 9 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |
| 10 | The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week . |
| 11 | Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out . |
| 12 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
| 13 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 14 | Wales will be anxious to make up for a disappointing start to the season — their opening home game against Herefordshire was a total wash-out and they suffered a one run defeat against Shropshire . |
| 15 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 16 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 17 | After some years in theatrical revue and improvisational comedy in the Second City troupe in Chicago , he gained wide fame when he teamed up for a double act with Elaine May from 1957 to 1961 , before becoming a successful Broadway director . |
| 18 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 19 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 20 | As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another . |
| 21 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 22 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 23 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 24 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 25 | A census of birds sighted each day throughout the year , and kept up for a considerable number of years , is an invaluable source of information to all concerned with the monitoring of bird numbers . |
| 26 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 27 | Reed has signed up for a further period of seven years to publish the back list of John Steinbeck , after submitting a lavish brochure of marketing plans to the estate . |
| 28 | FORMER Northern Ireland international star Ian Stewart is being lined up for a dramatic comeback with Glentoran . |
| 29 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |