Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [vb infin] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 2 | If he could n't keep up the whacked — out , languid image , you feel he 'd be ripping himself apart with guilt and recriminations . |
| 3 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 4 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |
| 5 | In 1992 a future king renounces the wife he no longer loves but says he wo n't give up the throne . |
| 6 | He suffers from gout , but he wo n't give up the port , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ He wo n't divide up the chess books , ’ Mrs Polgar said . |