Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 2 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 3 | I myself have long given up any hope of a more permanent relationship . ’ |
| 4 | They 're soft on baby 's skin yet strong enough to clean up any job . |
| 5 | REMEMBER that children 's skins burn easily , so cover up any exposed area of skin with a high-factor sun cream . |
| 6 | The residential streets did n't like it early in the morning , the clatter of Midnight 's hooves on their concrete drives , but she was no worse than the milkman , and they were quick enough to scoop up any free dung for their roses , she noticed . |
| 7 | While little direct evidence is available on the fate of the mountain populations during this period , there is little doubt they were too weak numerically and organizationally to put up any effective resistance to either power . |
| 8 | Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) . |
| 11 | Each team is accompanied by an assistant whose only function is to quickly scoop up any droppings . |
| 12 | Any gang of hooligans will quickly break up any club . ’ |
| 13 | She said , ‘ ( a ) it hardly takes up any room once it 's folded . |
| 14 | First the Bank of England would usually back up any change in MLR with open market operations in the bond or more likely the bill market . |
| 15 | MSP 's politics have been shoved so far to the fore ( presumably to mop up any stray prejudice to their musical influences ) their very real talent for balls-out rock'n'roll has been largely ignored . |
| 16 | Conscious of her troubled state of mind , Delaney gave her a quick , comforting smile , embarrassed that the others might instantly pick up any nuance of their changed relationship . |
| 17 | Later , came the Haemastamen , and Larraman 's Organ : the former to monitor the Ossmodula and Biscopea and to enrich the blood , the latter to alter the blood 's clotting properties so that scar tissue would almost instantly close up any wound . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One of the problems facing him was that one can not simply set up any experiment in a public building ; health and safety regulations have to be obeyed . |
| 21 | The dominant Fianna Fail long ago gave up any pretence of offering Ireland a coherent vision for the future — a failure epitomised , for many , by the wanton destruction over the past 20 years of Georgian Dublin , once one of Europe 's finest cities . |
| 22 | One terrific running joke through the film involves Munny , who is so rusty in the saddle he ca n't even mount up any more . |
| 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 | D'Alembord had quite given up any attempt to dance . |
| 25 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
| 26 | Medical immigration from the European Community and elsewhere , which has previously made up any shortage of local graduates , is stable and unlikely to increase . |
| 27 | It does not need a lawyer either to draw up any document or to advise you although you may wish to consult a professional adviser if a particularly large sum is involved or if there are complicated conditions surrounding the gift . |
| 28 | and , and , and the Kuomintang is not yet set up any local government or national government , it 's before that but there are , but , but it is I mean I , I , I , I take your point about it being sort of a microcosm |
| 29 | Chapmans has not yet signed up any authors , but is clearly hoping there will be an exodus of well-known names from Collins . |
| 30 | 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 . |