Example sentences of "[verb] up any " in BNC.
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| 1 | His strenuous efforts to drum up any kind of interest in this product , already nicknamed the Foldie , has increasingly resembled a man trying to hammer-throw in a wardrobe . |
| 2 | Will I have to pull up any of those caps heads before your Mum comes round ? |
| 3 | ‘ The Serious Crime Squad come down , and sometimes I 'm told when they 're on my patch , most times I 'm not , they keep the Manor House under observation , on and off , but they 've not picked up any scent of him . |
| 4 | ‘ Have your sensors picked up any similar surges in other areas recently ? ’ |
| 5 | It soon became reasonably certain that I had n't picked up any kind of tails or bugs , and so I could begin to relax . |
| 6 | Fortunately , after a visit to hospital he was found not to have picked up any poison . |
| 7 | Used to playing second fiddle to its Mitsubishi rival and happily mopping up any disappointed Shogun buyers who failed to get their hands on one of the current quota , the Trooper has still etched itself a firm place in the off-roader scene and remains , as it usually has been , an underestimated vehicle . |
| 8 | For a small fee , usually a week 's tuck allowance , she would duff up any victim selected . |
| 9 | An inability to work up any enthusiasm for an Everton attack . |
| 10 | A few weeks ago she would have been looking forward to the show , but it had all fallen flat and she had to scold herself severely before she could whip up any enthusiasm at all . |
| 11 | The housing tenure variables which are picking up any supply side effects on the offer probabilities via mobility effects have the expected signs but most are insignificant . |
| 12 | I have gone round England like a magpie picking up any bright thing that pleased me . |
| 13 | James stared about him with uninhibited curiosity , staring closely at the paintings and prints which covered the walls , poking his nose into tea caddies and picking up any object which took his fancy . |
| 14 | His powerful shooting , sometimes from long range , was spectacular and effective and we do well to remember that Albert played in the days when the leather ball grew heavier and heavier , soaking up any moisture there may have been in or on the pitch and possibly finishing up weighing several pounds . |
| 15 | Have we turned up any , Inspector ? ’ |
| 16 | They were used to clean up any unpleasant incidents from which HM Government needed to distance itself . |
| 17 | They 're soft on baby 's skin yet strong enough to clean up any job . |
| 18 | A clear area of gravel also makes it easier to clean up any uneaten food from the tank base , one of the most important aspects of maintaining your aquarium . |
| 19 | In fact it may be a good idea to introduce a large catfish , for example , and one of the suckermouth catfish , like Hypostomus to clean up any of the uneaten food that finds its way to the bottom of the tank . |
| 20 | NRA officials were making every effort to clean up any oil slicks left trapped in pools , he added . |
| 21 | It does n't conjure up any very glamorous pictures , ’ smiled the old lady . |
| 22 | Any gang of hooligans will quickly break up any club . ’ |
| 23 | So if these neutrons come smashing into your body , they could break up any of chemicals that are very important for your life , for your body chemistry . |
| 24 | ‘ If he digs up any more plants , ’ Mrs Ames said , smiling , ‘ I shall be very angry . ’ |
| 25 | Although the user may imagine that any block size will be acceptable , VSAM only uses blocks of size 512b or 2048b , where b can take any value in the range 1–16 ; this means that VSAM will round up any intermediate value to the next available block size , so wasting the difference between the two values . |
| 26 | The ravens , uninvited guests , must be content to scramble at the outer edges , snapping up any morsels the vultures accidentally drop . |
| 27 | The English had been fishing there for over a century , and had been settled for over fifty years , so they had a strong position for making the French give up any claims to settle there . |
| 28 | ‘ If that happens while he is in our custody , ’ continued Miles , ‘ you can give up any hope of getting your brother back ; and we need him . ’ |
| 29 | It 's your own fault for complicating things , she thought later , sitting on the bench in one of Hugh 's jackets , huddled like a Michelin man , hoping the long jersey hid the fact that her jeans would n't really do up any more . |
| 30 | Talking at all above the screech of the wind was difficult and he had to make his explanation short : ‘ Mariana , the men running this coup set up roadblocks this morning to pick up any of the Government trying to get into Belpan City . |