Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not given up the running battle between them over the question of form , which started out with his victory on accommodation . |
| 2 | She was also a kind of mascot of the liberal intelligentsia — had she not come up the hard way from the very bottom of the heap to stand by Miller 's side defying the anti-Communist witch-hunters who wanted to jail him ? |
| 3 | It is lamentable that the Government have not set up a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs , which could help us to deal with Scottish matters . |
| 4 | A written request for a brief photocall from the media , who were not allowed up the 100-yard driveway to the hotel , was conveyed by a garda to Mr Keenan . |
| 5 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 6 | The song is , it appears , about the lack of sex education in schools , a subject which we at Public NME feel is indeed worthy of airing , and what a shame more of our nation 's pop stars have n't taken up the musical cudgel , so to speak . |
| 7 | If my son and my daughter have n't taken up the same interest in art that I have , I see no reason that they should have , and I see no reason to tell them they ought to study this or they ought to do that . |