Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] up for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 2 | However , the speed and excitement of the third level simply ca n't make up for the boredom of the first two , thus banishing this product into the depths of mediocrity . |
| 3 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 4 | I just cos when I see children like that and you know there 's nothing you can really do for them , you ca n't make up for the fact that they 've got a rotten home life and that 's top and bottom line that 's what it is ! |
| 5 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 6 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 7 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 8 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 9 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 10 | ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully . |
| 11 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |