Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One must not open up the possibility for either partner in a marriage or a relationship to murder their partner , not as a result of a sudden , temporary loss of control , but as a result of a careful , well thought out and premeditated plan . |
| 2 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 3 | They had decided that they should not walk up the staircase to the throne room but find another route to approach their captors . |
| 4 | Yes , let's not open up the debate about chairmanship of meetings er , got a couple more people |
| 5 | She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi . |
| 6 | Top-up arrangements are not permitted as part of a tender offer ( SAR 4.1(c) ) so the buyer could not make up the difference to shareholders who have already sold if a full bid on improved terms is made subsequently . |
| 7 | If the plaintiff was in possession at the time of the conversion , the defendant could not set up the jus tertii , unless he was acting under the authority of the true owner . |
| 8 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 9 | Sadly , it was inevitable that we could not keep up the pace against Twitchit Albion , especially with so many of our squad approaching the twilight of their careers . |
| 10 | At present it appears that local authorities can draw up individual access arrangements with the new owners , but this is not a satisfactory solution , partly because some authorities may not have the motivation to do so , and partly because they are all very short of money and could not back up the agreements financially . |
| 11 | They had sent a telegram to Louise ( Constance could not pluck up the courage to speak to her ) ; Ludovico had telephoned a friend about somewhere for them to stay and they had eaten what to Constance , used to English food , seemed the most delicious lunch she had ever tasted . |
| 12 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 13 | But it was n't actually , it were something else , and people were finding that their goods were repossessed because they could n't keep up the payments . |
| 14 | What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball . |
| 15 | and could n't pick up the sodding two . |
| 16 | I wo n't feel ‘ complete ’ until we have at least one more baby — but I dare n't bring up the subject very often as my husband just gets more and more adamant . |
| 17 | We need not take up the argument here : let us , instead , turn to the more interesting subject of the explanations offered by the Ndembu themselves for certain key symbolic motifs . |
| 18 | Until the Sheffield incident , the MoD had abided by an agreement with Exocet 's French manufacturers that the British would not open up the missile 's guidance section . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 20 | Clearly upset , the 51-year-old entrepreneur said that his group would not give up the fight . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) That the King would not give up the chance of marrying Mrs Simpson . |
| 22 | ‘ Paula Milne 's powerful and controversial play is a fictional account of her own experience of having a mongol baby and deciding , with her husband Peter , that they would not bring up the child . |
| 23 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 24 | I shall not take up the argument of the hon. Member for Durham , North ( Mr. Radice ) ; it would be unwise to do so . |
| 25 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 26 | Dana would n't give up the chance to shine in front of all the heads of the fashion world . |
| 27 | He says that sponsors would n't put up the cash to pay for a judge to travel abroad . |
| 28 | Without the new share capital , the banks would n't put up the £5bn syndicated loan which was to provide the bulk of the tunnel 's finance . |
| 29 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're ecstatic , I ca n't conjure up the superlatives to say how I feel . ’ |