Example sentences of "[noun sg] never [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I pointed out in the last chapter , working-class attachment to institutional religion never picked up from the moment that peasants moved off the land and became urbanised . |
| 2 | The girl never pulled up her ankle socks . |
| 3 | But in another way some stubbornness was at work in me , some determination never to give up , and to cling in secret to whatever reality I could find for myself . |
| 4 | Valley Parade 's answer to the dream team never linked up during their playing days — Pearson had moved on from Manchester United to West Ham before Stapleton , Ireland 's most capped player , joined the Old Trafford side in the early eighties . |
| 5 | ‘ Stevie 's caddy never turned up , ’ Midge explained . |
| 6 | The king never turned up and the laird was left with paths on which he could hold a formula one race . |
| 7 | Her father never came up to the nursery floor . |
| 8 | The merchant never looked up but nodded and muttered something to himself . |
| 9 | What 's more , he makes sure that that uniqueness is sustained , that the competition never catches up . |
| 10 | The subject never came up when our paths crossed in Sydney three years ago , did it ? |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know ; the subject never came up , I suppose . |
| 12 | The Age of Chance 's number never came up . |
| 13 | Hope looked down the fell where Colonel and Mrs Moore were strolling with unskilful aimlessness , taking care never to look up towards the two figures on the rump of mountain . |
| 14 | He was one of those lucky children whose economy of effort never showed up in examination results which were invariably straight ‘ A's , and he was particularly good at dashing off a 1000-word essay while others were still biting their pen-ends . |
| 15 | ‘ There was a rule that one 's subscription never went up from whatever it was the year you joined . |
| 16 | The SBD was shipped to Hawaii where it was refinished in a Navy camouflage paint scheme and reportedly used for at least one air-to-air session but the resulting footage never ended up in the film . |
| 17 | The Profitboss never gives up . |
| 18 | LIKE THE NME , ACME 's most loyal mail-order customer never gives up chasing that elusive ( beeping ) grail of Rock Truth . |
| 19 | Put it this way at least my Mum never beat up my Dad . |
| 20 | I , I , I was supposed to have a lift , and erm I was waiting like I say ten to five we knock off half one you see and the guy never turned up , the car was there but |
| 21 | Like beat duty , on shift around the clock , discipline never let up . |