Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Castle was not entirely made up of sadness and shadows . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , ad hoc bibliographies date quickly and are not always brought up to date after initial publication . |
| 3 | He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation . |
| 4 | Both these publications are useful when the statute first appears , but both suffer from the defect that they are not regularly kept up to date by reprints or supplements . |
| 5 | In chapter seven of The Form , leading his disciple on from the initial perspective of striving to order her inner life as if she should die tomorrow — a challenge which sets the adrenalin running and wonderfully sharpens awareness — he potently reminds her in terms of his own cultural coinage that the world is indeed " charged with the grandeur of God " by instructing her to see all her physical experience in terms of the sacrifice also offered at the Mass : By means of keeping in remembrance this little incantatory prayer at meals and indeed at all times not otherwise taken up with prayer or speech ( " and thynk it noght anely whils etes , bot bath before and after , ay bot when prayes or spekes " , 7.104.39 – 40 ) the disciple will maintain a constant perception of all aspects of sustaining life as a divine gift mysteriously available in time only through the processes of death and resurrection . |
| 6 | If only it were n't so cluttered up with oil installations , it would be so lovely , for the glimpses of countryside through the pipelines hint at the kind of rural charm which is a real balm to salt-stained mariners in from the sea . |
| 7 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , I had n't really kept up with technology and Windows , as far as I was concerned , was something behind the curtains . |
| 9 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |