Example sentences of "not [verb] up the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 2 | But if it is cold , a monarch can not work up the energy to fly and can only manage to crawl up the nearest sage brush . |
| 3 | But why not pluck up the courage to do what you 've always wanted ? |
| 4 | They had sent a telegram to Louise ( Constance could not pluck up the courage to speak to her ) ; Ludovico had telephoned a friend about somewhere for them to stay and they had eaten what to Constance , used to English food , seemed the most delicious lunch she had ever tasted . |
| 5 | At the presentation , Sir Humphry did not pass up the chance to impress upon the business world the great value of science to their endeavours : ‘ Science , gentlemen , is of infinitely more importance to a state than may at first sight appear possible ; for no source of wealth and power can be entirely independent of it ; and no class of men are so well able to appreciate its advantages as that to which I am addressing myself . |
| 6 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 7 | Dana would n't give up the chance to shine in front of all the heads of the fashion world . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're ecstatic , I ca n't conjure up the superlatives to say how I feel . ’ |
| 9 | He says that sponsors would n't put up the cash to pay for a judge to travel abroad . |
| 10 | I have to drag myself out of bed each day , and I ca n't get up the energy to do any housework . |