Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 2 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 3 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 4 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 5 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 6 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |
| 7 | Irina , who did not dress up for Ludens , was wearing a simple faded old dress , frail with much washing , the sleeves rolled up well above her elbows . |
| 8 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 9 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 10 | They did not turn up for sessions they considered boring and did not meet their needs . |
| 11 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 12 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 13 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 14 | If we do not turn up for work , we are likely to get the sack , but in our private worlds we can dream our lives away at home , church or play . |
| 15 | The UCW believes the rounds of postmen who do not turn up for work will not be covered by overtime . |
| 16 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 17 | It affects us all and its practitioners do not come up for re-election every five years . |
| 18 | Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth , where it grows rusty and moth-eaten , and thieves break in to steal it . |
| 19 | If those with inside knowledge of the facts did n't speak up for Britain , who the hell would ? |
| 20 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 21 | She replied that that might be so , ‘ but maybe in her community women did n't stand up for themselves quite as much as they should . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't dress up for him ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 25 | Take the Singles ' Society , which seemed to exist solely so that its smartly dressed president could chat up pretty girls ; or the Alice Society : ‘ You did n't sign up for that did you , ’ said one newcomer to his friend as they left . |
| 26 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 27 | Well , this year the firm ground excuse did n't hold up for in the worst July for years the going was very much on the soft side . |
| 28 | She says he was still up at quarter past and did n't get up for work until seven this morning , that 's what he said in note anyway , summat about he did n't fetch her a cup of tea up this morning cos he did n't get up till seven . |
| 29 | I went straight over and I did n't get up for about ten minutes . |
| 30 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |