Example sentences of "and [noun] do not [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh hang on , moving leads and things do n't stand up ! |
| 2 | ‘ Most of my work was in Denmark and Sweden , then when I came back to England , Twiggy 's skinny figure was in vogue and mine did n't match up ! ’ she says . |
| 3 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 4 | Expatriates may feel that Britain has gone ‘ downhill ’ while they have been away and homecoming does not match up to the good life abroad . |
| 5 | It was evasive about why IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard did n't show up as licensees but it 's obviously expecting their announcements by and by . |
| 6 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 7 | Put simply , the meanings of black and bird do not add up to the meaning of blackbird , but do yield that of black bird . |
| 8 | Ferrari had the temerity to do so with Lauda , another remarkable talent , and Niki did n't put up with it . |