Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , dear … ’ she said faintly , unable for the moment to come up with any stronger remark although Miss Needham could probably have obliged . |
| 3 | So far I have not been able to come up with any musical symbol that has not been catered for , whether arranging for full orchestra , brass-band or choir — with the single exception of guitar chord symbols . |
| 4 | Throughout the silent journey Luce racked her brains , trying , and failing , to come up with any logical explanation for the portrait . |
| 5 | The move came as a sign of frustration by Britain and Hong Kong over the way China has protested about the proposals since they were announced last October — but has failed to come up with any alternative ahead of elections already scheduled for 1995 . |
| 6 | We have erm , we ca n't put operator performance any more on our district , because we 've just erm , stopped that , it does n't , you know , they do n't apply it to performance any more as far as that goes , but erm , I have got three representation , three representatives , which the checkout people nominated themselves and I have a monthly meeting with those to come up with any problems but it 's still , you know , that 's tackling one issue . |
| 7 | Anyway it was not always easy for Nellie to get up to Rosstrevor as often as she 'd like to catch up on any news . |
| 8 | Or at least , some of you may have been ; I contrived to stay in the departure lounge for all these Angst -ridden travelogues , and I ca n't say I 'm busting a gut to catch up with any of them . |
| 9 | The only names to crop up with any regularity by then were Isabelia Penny , Mary Ryan , Ellen Redmond , Mary Connor , Ann Kinsala and Jane Fearon . |
| 10 | to open up on any wall an eye , |
| 11 | Norman said that his day-dream was ‘ to walk up to any computer , plug in the card and have the terminal look and act like the one at home . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Lee Mavers is not always the easiest person to get on with and Townshend is the sort of person who does n't have to put up with any shit . ’ |
| 13 | Could the implication be that today the Christian at work is quietly to put up with any kind of abuse or ill-treatment ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm just too damn tired to put up with any nonsense — especially something so totally unimportant — at a time like this . ’ |
| 15 | Tonally the A2 seems to match up to any amp or processor , and although there are some lead sounds which did n't quite make it , they were closer than many processors can claim to get . |
| 16 | Collaborating with IBM 's Hampshire-based Hursley Park Laboratories will also be useful from a strategic viewpoint as it will enable Compuware to keep up with any other IBM CICS developments , particularly moves to implement the system for new environments , for instance the AS/400 . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I wo n't be winning many races , but I 'm reasonably confident of being able to keep up with any wounded snails I might encounter . ’ |
| 18 | Lewis hardly managed to climb up to any plateau of assertiveness . |
| 19 | Parties of twenty or thirty of them were liable to turn up at any Political gathering of which they disapproved , and their chant of " Left-is-right " , added to their readiness to fight anyone who tried to restore order , broke up meeting after meeting . |
| 20 | He is quick to point out that it 's not just enough to turn up in any of these activities : ‘ You have to prove to the examiners — and to yourself — that you can are willing to put in the effort to improve and better your standards . |
| 21 | When WORKING disappears from the screen , the palette will have been saved to the disk , ready for you to call up at any time in the future . |
| 22 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 23 | We have resisted the temptation to link up with any beauty product firm simply because we want our panel of experts to give you nothing but honest , impartial and wholly unbiased advice . |
| 24 | Though neither Reagan nor any of his aides has formulated it in so many words , I think that the failure of standard economic remedies has created a kind of desperation , and , like a jilted lover , the administration is ready to take up with any attractive candidate . |
| 25 | What has yet to become an accepted methodology in the study of public administration is a perception of organizations , including those in the public sector , as being themselves political systems.l Organization theory , drawing primarily as ever on evidence from private firms and corporations , offers political interpretations of the internal structures and decisionmaking of large-scale organizations which the study of public administration has yet to take up in any systematic manner ( Walsh et al. |
| 26 | However , anyone who is on the move , under stress or is likely to skip meals should think about taking a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement to make up for any deficiencies in diet . |
| 27 | The salt is to make up for any salt that you lose . |
| 28 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 29 | If not , it gives you time to take evasive action — either to build up your savings to make up for any expected shortfall , or to increase your premiums . |
| 30 | Schoolboys are very conventional and quick to gang up on any boy who in behaviour or dress does not conform . |