Sentence examples for shape up for from inspiring English sources

(Memo to the reader in Washington who is thinking, "That couldn't be me": Of course it was you. You couldn't set up a folding table next to the main table and throw a cloth over it? Shape up!) For all of them — and the rest of you — an etiquette guide.

Mr. Foley said he was "trying to shape up for roller coaster season".

Gavras' presence would suggest that this is a film project and one that Cantona needs to shape up for.

The Mets on Tuesday were still pondering how their rotation would shape up for the remainder of the week.

Securing Messi's future is a major piece of business for Barcelona as they shape up for a crucial summer.

You certainly don't need to sober up to shape up for adult life but the world is definitely easier to navigate without a perpetual hangover.

But, in every other respect, they were shaping up for what could be the most muscular parliament Europe has ever had.The first hint of this taste for confrontation came at the election on the same day of a new president for the parliament, a largely ceremonial role.

With Donahoe at the helm of both eBay and PayPal, it should be interesting to see how 2012 shapes up for the e-commerce giant.

I wrote articles supporting the cause of the rebel longshoremen, exposed the notorious shape-up for the New York Times and even joined their picket lines.

Jerusalem is shaping up for one of the most significant events in its contemporary history.

That's the way Mets versus Yankees shapes up, for now.