Example sentences of "would not [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He promised himself he would not go up to the tower to observe the stars . |
| 2 | But she decided Daniel 's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment . |
| 3 | The reasons for the brutality and racism which are displayed every day at the ports of entry in Britain and at the British High Commissions in the Indian subcontinent are the laws themselves — laws which are seen as essential to wider government policy and which though blatantly racist ( in fact they would not stand up before the Race Relations Act ) were each introduced as a contribution to good community relations . |
| 4 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 5 | The women , as usual , bore the brunt of it , for everyone stayed up late , children refused to go to bed at night and men would not get up in the morning . |
| 6 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 7 | But this would n't match up to the greatness of the Porfiry-Raskolnikov scenes . |
| 8 | It would n't fit into the sequence , it would n't match up with the ledger . |
| 9 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 10 | He wanted Eric Gates , of Ipswich and England , but would n't come up with the wages . |
| 11 | They would n't add up to the sorts of things that we 've got . |
| 12 | ‘ Arnold would n't put up with the man , not at any price . |
| 13 | More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings . |
| 14 | ‘ There was I , feeling flattered at the attention you were paying me , when all the time you were just testing me out to see that I would n't dry up on the air ! |