Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education . |
| 2 | Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone . |
| 3 | As long as you 're not going up the village |
| 4 | I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney ! |
| 5 | ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet . |
| 7 | Northamptonshire police this afternoon said they were not following up the incident . |
| 8 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 9 | The trick is not to turn up the sound . |
| 10 | Compaq Computer Corp accompanied its new product blitz yesterday with the news that it will no longer publish suggested list prices for its machines in the US — but unlike IBM Corp with its mainframes , it 's not tearing up the price list . |
| 11 | Boyd Stych , looking strangely civilized in a dark business suit and neatly clipped beard , was informed by his wife , when he came home , that the Advent was sending a photographer and a reporter to see him this evening and he was not to litter up the lounge — she 'd just tidied it . |