Sentence examples for they were geared up from inspiring English sources

NYRB went with a 4-5-1 line up, which tells me that they were geared up for a draw rather than a win.

Advocates for cancer patients said that they were gearing up for a fight.

But they were gearing up for people to get their flu vaccines.

They were gearing up for the launch of a "climate-action London" campaign when I met them.

They were gearing up for some stadium shows and I couldn't, hand on heart, do them.

Yet, against the trend towards ever-earlier starts of presidential campaigns, only two Republicans behaved in 2010 as if they were gearing up to run.

But as each question came to an end, they both made tiny intention movements, showing they were gearing up to be the first to answer.

Once word spread that they were gearing up for "The Gates," Mrs. Davenport said, she received inquiries from more than 2,000 applicants, out of which she chose 1,100.

He conceded that Corbyn should perhaps have campaigned more strongly to stay in Europe, "but they were gearing up to get him out anyway".

Liberal groups said they were gearing up not only to fight conservatives but also to make certain Mr. Obama puts forward a liberal choice.

But even if it did, lawyers and political parties said they were gearing up to make further legal challenges over the next week in a last-ditch effort to derail the election.