Example sentences of "n't up " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't your painting , it was n't up to you to decide for me . |
| 2 | The traditional fishmonger was n't up to much either , apparently , selling the same varieties of fish to the same ageing customers . |
| 3 | That night he was woken by planes and saw flares over Berlin , bringing a moment of ‘ homesickness ’ that he was n't up there too . |
| 4 | He knew she was n't up enough in foreign words to understand him . |
| 5 | If your vet is n't up to date with this problem , I suggest you write to Peter Neville , the animal behaviourist who has made a study of pica . |
| 6 | Your number just is n't up . |
| 7 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
| 8 | I knew I was n't up to it . |
| 9 | However , this can be a useful built-in safety factor , as it prevents those who are n't up to it from sailing in waves where they will be a danger to themselves and others . |
| 10 | ‘ My Russian is n't up to much . ’ |
| 11 | This led him to accept work in productions that really were n't up to his standard and the increased bookings resulted in a massive turnover of dancers . |
| 12 | What they saw , as one put it , were two people who were n't up to boating in the bath , never mind on the Thames in spate . |
| 13 | Educated at : Harrow ( ideal for the sort of chap who is n't up to Eton ) |
| 14 | But it was n't up against dreary prison walls . |
| 15 | In terms of actual technique , perhaps I was n't up to it anyway . |
| 16 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 17 | Only twice has a piece of work been unusable , in which case , he says , ‘ it 's my mistake in choosing an artist who was n't up to the commission , so I pay for it anyway and just do n't use it ’ . |
| 18 | If your brickworking skills are n't up to it , you can also cheat by using brick slips , stuck directly to the plaster with special adhesive . |
| 19 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 20 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 21 | He knew very well he was n't up there to be presented with a prize . |
| 22 | ‘ They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch . |
| 23 | What if I was n't up to the task ? |
| 24 | Or maybe you did n't work hard enough , or had chosen subjects you really did n't enjoy , or you just were n't up to it . |
| 25 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 26 | On my 486 clone it would n't work without the battery , so I guess my cheapo serial port was n't up to scratch . |
| 27 | John : You have n't got teachers — they ai n't up at football . |
| 28 | We ate so much of it , it was so marvellous , that we hardly wanted the sausage and the ham , noticed only in passing that the wine was n't up to much , and that the eggs in the omelette which presently appeared were spanking fresh and buttercup yellow — in the French countryside one takes that for granted . |
| 29 | T'owd dear was n't up to doing much better by the chocolates , having problems wi' sugar in her water , so I did well out o' that . |
| 30 | Well , they were n't up to much , I do n't suppose . |