Example sentences of "[vb infin] up any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a small fee , usually a week 's tuck allowance , she would duff up any victim selected . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Any gang of hooligans will quickly break up any club . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | So they claim rubbing the eyes with the juice of the lettuce will clear up any eye infection . ’ |
| 6 | Let's see if we can clear up any discrepancy . |
| 7 | Ludens will bring Marcus here , he should show up any moment , I hope he has n't messed up the car ! ’ |
| 8 | see what 's on this afternoon , I sha n't look up any thing this morning , unless there 's a cookery programme on we both did a lemon |
| 9 | Jezrael could n't work up any spit . |
| 10 | At least , he supposed that it was important , but he could not work up any enthusiasm . |
| 11 | Can you work up any sympathy for them ? |
| 12 | Experts were preparing defences of floating booms across their intakes , with " skimmer " ships to help mop up any oil that may come through . |
| 13 | Chesarynth booted in the program , making her own little file with an octopus of dark hollow symbols : a worm that would eat up any trace of her prying , provided she did the whole thing quickly enough that no-one noticed while she was in . |
| 14 | — a terrible sacrifice — but no amount of lonely pacing could throw up any alternative in his mind . |
| 15 | Awarded a free place at Birmingham University to study music for three years , Peter was short of basics like clothes and books until Elaine Blond gave him £30 and arranged for Peter to work at Bloomsbury House in his holidays to help make up any shortfall . |
| 16 | Therefore , the acquirer should obtain a covenant that the seller will make up any shortfall . |
| 17 | The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yet in a public place it will not take up any space . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But anything done I twelve does not take up any part of I five , as I understand it . |
| 23 | It was an absolute disgrace , it really was a disgrace , and so as we 'd been informed by somebody at , now do n't ask me who cos I do n't know , but from one of the public meetings we held , er they said you can phone up any time and you y the rubbish would be collected . |
| 24 | In the electronic boxes , trains are monitored on personal computers which can call up any section of track in seconds . |
| 25 | Well there would he , he would n't join up any way |
| 26 | This bloody border war could flare up any day now . |
| 27 | I 've got three quarters length underneath so they 'll go up any way . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | HP will pick up any software technology ‘ that makes it easier to sell hardware , ’ Owen says , ‘ if users demand Microsoft NT , then we 'll pick that up too . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |