Example sentences of "could not [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the ship was caught , and could not bear up into the wind , we let her drive . |
| 2 | They were tired and ill and they could not walk up to the plateau . |
| 3 | You could not hunch up into the tree , hugging closer to the trunk . |
| 4 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 10 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 11 | As they sped back towards Wimbledon , Robert wondered why he still could n't own up to the lie that had started all this . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 16 | A MAJOR business safety conference is taking place in Spennymoor next month because Darlington could n't come up with the cash . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And basically they managed to jump up on the bed unlike yesterday morning where pretended she could n't get up on the bed . |
| 19 | When that happened , we could n't keep up with the mortgage payments so we lost the house . ’ |
| 20 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |