Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short-lived . |
| 2 | And that , you know , not tying them up with endless pettifogging regulations . |
| 3 | The Bill could , with our support , be amended speedily , and we certainly will not hold it up in any circumstances . |
| 4 | But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years . |
| 5 | Surely your mother did n't bring you up with such poor values . |
| 6 | Ca n't weigh her up at all ! |
| 7 | ‘ I wo n't set her up in another trap . |
| 8 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 9 | And because it had that name she did n't link it up to other terms like masturbation or whatever . |
| 10 | Did the wives say , ‘ Had a good day , dear ? ’ and did the husbands reply , ‘ Not bad except that poor Fred could n't get it up at all . |
| 11 | That i it does n't toughen you up at all . |
| 12 | They do n't wake you up at six o'clock dad ! |
| 13 | if I were in real distress , and I was told , Mary , that you pitied me , it would n't cheer me up at all . |