Example sentences of "up any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Can you work up any sympathy for them ?
2 11.2 Upon termination under clause 11.1 or otherwise , each party will immediately deliver up any materials or equipment which are the property of the other .
3 I mean when Rutherford did his experiments years and years ago he produced his planetary model of the nucleus , of the atom where the nucleus plays the role of the sun and the electrons play the role of the planets , and people said well why do n't they just spiral in an erm Rutherford had actually no answer to this , but the answer to this was produced by the Danish physicist Nils Bore , who said ‘ Well they do n't spiral in because erm electrons can not just take up any orbit , they can take up certain specified orbits which he called stationary states , and there is a lowest one of these , and when the electron gets down there it can not go any further .
4 Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it .
5 they say oh tax is too high , I mean Labour want to put it up any way , but by the by , this answered them any way , what they say is oh its too high , erm even the American tax is four per cent , who gives a dam , because the thing is in America what you 're loosing , what you gain in your tax you have to pay out through the nose for health care
6 Well there would he , he would n't join up any way
7 I 've got three quarters length underneath so they 'll go up any way .
8 I just pray I 'm going to wake up any second . ’
9 When you have learnt these techniques , your reward will be the sheer delight of being able to set up any performance , no matter how heavy the workload ; with the minimum of trial and error , whilst simultaneously maintaining accurate navigation and approach procedures .
10 As has already been stated , the great majority of bodies were not embalmed , but put into a lined coffin , whose mattress overlaid a quantity of sawdust , wood shavings and bran to soak up any leakage associated with putrefaction .
11 The enemy bowmen showered them with arrows , to break up any semblance of order ; and the English horsed might , charging downhill , everywhere overwhelmed the Scots leadership by sheer weight and impetus .
12 Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner .
13 Off he went ; he must have persuaded my mother because when I eventually did get home , she did n't put up any resistance .
14 Vincent agreed , too low-spirited to put up any resistance .
15 She had not appeared to be surprised when he told her what he intended to do , nor had she put up any resistance .
16 ‘ But it raises fewer objections than the first theory , that he came in half-naked and armed with a razor and yet there are no obvious signs that Berowne put up any resistance . ’
17 He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord .
18 Information to back up any claims made about the product ( eg if a label says ‘ New for slimmers ’ it must explain why by listing how many calories it contains )
19 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 .
20 The water is likely to be spilled , have a cloth handy to wipe up any mess .
21 The temperature at which this freedom of the chains to take up any configuration allowed by the bond angle cone occurs will depend upon the chemical composition of the polymer , which , in turn , determines the depth and shape of the energy wells governing the probability of any configuration through a Boltzmann factor .
22 And they did n't stop to pick up any hitchers either .
23 Nah , what Id like to see is Batts join in one of these PONCEY opposition dances … do a few wiggles … stroke a few hands … then PUNCH the bastards in the head , and maybe pick up any teeth and casually toss these aside one by one whilst running for his early shower …
24 ‘ Then he wo n't put up any fight .
25 In addition a number of smaller samples is examined in detail since they are expected to show up any differences in perspective as between the police and the Crown Prosecution Service .
26 Each parade was preceded by a cleaning ritual known as ‘ corvée quartier ’ , which involved clearing up any litter surrounding the barracks .
27 The raising of a mentally handicapped child is a long and hard road , but then many would say so is bringing up any child .
28 If you have a low income and no more than £8,000 savings , you may qualify for Income Support , which is paid weekly and tops up any Income you have to a level set by the Government .
29 Yet in a public place it will not take up any space .
30 Sliding doors are popular choice as they do not take up any space in the room , although , on the other hand , you can only see the contents of half the wardrobe at any one time .
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