Example sentences of "[noun] do not [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a common critical stance to praise Tolkien 's conception , often somewhat vaguely , or with even more vagueness his ‘ mythological ’ or ‘ mythopoeic ’ powers ; but then to declare that the words do not live up to the things , the style ‘ is quite inadequate to the theme ’ . |
| 2 | Only 600 schools did not take up the offer of half-price computers . |
| 3 | The jockey reported to a stern-faced Chester Barnes , Pipe 's assistant , that the horse did not pick up as he expected . |
| 4 | Outlaw kd lang did n't show up . |
| 5 | But Karen Blixen did not end up in Auschwitz , I reply . |
| 6 | Eastern bishops were invited — though those in communion with Constantinople did not turn up — as well as abbots and lay representatives not only of princes , but of some city-states as well . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if Arsenal do n't pick up something . ’ |
| 8 | What if Travis did n't wake up ? |
| 9 | Travis did n't look up . |
| 10 | But , feeling glad to have got him off the subject of how apparently her virginal innocence did not tie up with her being a married woman , ‘ Well , if you do n't mind , I 'll just collect my car and head back to England , and — ’ |
| 11 | It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way . |
| 12 | The end result did n't match up to the pre-race hype . |
| 13 | Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope . |
| 14 | Captain Bowen said it was possible commercial aircraft did not pick up a signal from the emergency beacon , and the radio messages could have been confused with another vessel . |
| 15 | These assholes do n't give up easy . ’ |
| 16 | The hotel there , expensive , in faded glory , rated 4 Star , had no hot water , no sink plugs , no toilet rolls and no breakfast because the chef did not turn up , probably accosting foreigners in the town square to change dollars like everybody else . |
| 17 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
| 18 | Ken did n't look up until he 'd finished the story he was reading and only then when his lips had finally stopped moving . |
| 19 | but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them . |
| 20 | For all that effort — the sums in the wage packets do n't add up , with British employees earning less than those in Denmark , Germany , Holland and Luxembourg . |
| 21 | The things which came out in therapy did not make up a complete , finished jigsaw , as I might have imagined . |
| 22 | Richard did not turn up until dawn , the first birds chirping over the lush , dewy college lawns . |
| 23 | It is interesting to observe that just at the point when the old sources of clerical recruitment , the married clergy , were taking to celibacy , the supply of clergy did not dry up , it multiplied exceedingly . |
| 24 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |
| 25 | This too is unrealistic , and the contractual analogy does not stand up . |
| 26 | That light does n't show up much , never mind it ai n't . |
| 27 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 28 | Miss Welty does not take up causes and has never been involved in any movement . |
| 29 | Further , the fact that lesion of the cerebellum x including the flocculus in rabbits , cats and monkeys , or subdural application in rabbits and monkeys of haemoglobin ( which blocks LTD ) , abolishes the entire VOR adaptation , raises the question of why brain stem synaptic plasticity does not show up in the absence of cerebellar plasticity . |
| 30 | What would I say if : her Dad died ; his parents could n't attend ; her parents did n't attend ; the best man did n't arrive because his plane from India was delayed ; it turned out to be the groom 's second wedding , although it is her first ; the Matron of Honour did n't turn up because she was ill ; the groom dried up and forgot to compliment the bridesmaids so I could n't thank him ? |