Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’ |
| 2 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 3 | Reading a work 's introduction can be helpful , though even then content may not live up to the billing , so that a sampling of the text is also advised . |
| 4 | Let's not end up like the keyboard players who have to call in programmers . |
| 5 | Rumour has it that ‘ Cope ’ , brilliant as it is , might not end up on the Aunts ' album , such is the ‘ glut ’ of material available . |
| 6 | What has been an ideal jacket for the Lakeland fells could be too heavy to take to Africa ; what seems like a good buy for walking in the Alps might not stand up to the rigours of a Himalayan winter . |
| 7 | And when the ship was caught , and could not bear up into the wind , we let her drive . |
| 8 | They were tired and ill and they could not walk up to the plateau . |
| 9 | You could not hunch up into the tree , hugging closer to the trunk . |
| 10 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 11 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
| 12 | I was just beginning to get to grips with the Campaign for Ink Print Information , but Women 's Tapeover could not keep up with the steady stream of new feminist writing that was emerging week by week . |
| 13 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
| 14 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
| 15 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 16 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 17 | As they sped back towards Wimbledon , Robert wondered why he still could n't own up to the lie that had started all this . |
| 18 | Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference . |
| 19 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 20 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 21 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 22 | A MAJOR business safety conference is taking place in Spennymoor next month because Darlington could n't come up with the cash . |
| 23 | Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods . |
| 24 | And basically they managed to jump up on the bed unlike yesterday morning where pretended she could n't get up on the bed . |
| 25 | When that happened , we could n't keep up with the mortgage payments so we lost the house . ’ |
| 26 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
| 27 | He promised himself he would not go up to the tower to observe the stars . |
| 28 | But she decided Daniel 's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment . |
| 29 | The reasons for the brutality and racism which are displayed every day at the ports of entry in Britain and at the British High Commissions in the Indian subcontinent are the laws themselves — laws which are seen as essential to wider government policy and which though blatantly racist ( in fact they would not stand up before the Race Relations Act ) were each introduced as a contribution to good community relations . |
| 30 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |