Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've not got mixed up in any fiddles ? ’ |
| 2 | But Hans , tell me , have you been mixed up in any rackets ? ’ |
| 3 | Tommy 's record as a manager stands up to any scrutiny ; two championships , three Bass Cups , ten other trophies and regular jaunts to Europe . |
| 4 | I do n't know if that 's come up at any point . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | Neither Galley nor his friends have ever been caught up in any incidents in Lothian Road . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The husband is also , of course , the victim of this ruse , but in none of the Italian versions is he built up in any way to provide a substantial target figure . |
| 12 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
| 13 | She knew something , though not all , of his day 's programme : she 'd rung The Randolph at 10.45 p.m. and learned from the tour leader that her husband had not turned up at any point during the day to fulfil his commitments — and that in itself was quite out of character . |
| 14 | Slowly the doctors will wean her off them and are hopeful she 'll grow up without any problems . |
| 15 | to open up on any wall an eye , |
| 16 | The Kurdish delegates , to underline the point that they too are Iraqi , speak up against any violation of sovereignty ; they may also be proposing that the Kurdish guerrillas be somehow absorbed into the Iraqi armed forces as a local militia protecting the autonomous zone . |
| 17 | ‘ If I had shown up at any exchange with that case , ’ said Quinn , ‘ they 'd have spotted it and killed the boy . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | According to European manager Rick Mellinger , ImageFlow is n't tightly-coupled to an application : instead , the client-server-based software links up to any application via an Application Programming Interface , enabling workflow processing to be separated from application processing . |
| 20 | Western countries should be prepared to open themselves far wider to East European countries that make a real move to democracy and free markets : let the shameful visa queues at western embassies disappear , welcome Gastarbeiter from these countries , open up to any exports deserving East Europeans are capable of selling in the West 's competitive markets . |
| 21 | Erm I er move straight over to er er Graham and then open up for any questions or if anybody wants to say anything from the floor . |
| 22 | We never give up in any murder investigation . |
| 23 | And then it goes up under any way . |
| 24 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
| 25 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 26 | I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts . |
| 27 | She was still pondering on his use of her name as the taxi drove through the dark city streets , the driver having given up on any hopes of conversation after a couple of monosyllabic and nonsensical replies from his customer . |
| 28 | ‘ Good thinking , Princess , ’ he said , with an easy charm that made up for any lack of etiquette . |
| 29 | So it made up for any other , er , you know . |
| 30 | However , Karen 's quick intelligence and enthusiasm make up for any problems caused by her disability , and Janet says , she 's a big asset to the salon . |