Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] up [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not given up that demand . |
| 2 | Simple as that , cos this plan , is like a sort of pay as you go type plan , I mean , you 're not building up huge cash reserves that you gon na lose out on , by cancelling early , |
| 3 | Short hypotheses looked more promising than long ones simply because more of their score was an estimate ; they had not picked up actual shortfall . |
| 4 | ‘ The Serious Crime Squad come down , and sometimes I 'm told when they 're on my patch , most times I 'm not , they keep the Manor House under observation , on and off , but they 've not picked up any scent of him . |
| 5 | Since the height of the crisis in the early 1980s , living standards have risen again but many of those living on the margins have not made up lost ground . |
| 6 | However much he refuses to shy away from the hopeless , endless horror of what he sees , he can not give up that quest for the perfect paradise . |
| 7 | Therefore , will he ensure that the district health authority does not break up that team in order to move it to Telford to try to keep an under-used district general hospital busy ? |
| 8 | The notion had not been popular with many of the arts people in the Council , and he recalls one lady saying in a meeting that she would ‘ not give up one page of Beowulf for all the science in the world ’ . |
| 9 | While this was useful and did hold the attention of members interested in the specific subjects being examined , the subcommittees moved from one area of expenditure to another each session so that they developed no expertise and could not follow up previous work . |
| 10 | They can not keep up this luminosity for long , however , and they should have burnt out long ago . |
| 11 | So we 're not going up this weekend then ? |
| 12 | At least , he supposed that it was important , but he could not work up any enthusiasm . |
| 13 | A little exercise for you to finish up with , not finish up this bit . |
| 14 | Turning to the use of fuels for IC vehicles which do not use up vital oil reserves or which may be used when oil is no longer available , the use of hydrogen has been suggested as one of the answers to future transport fuel needs . |
| 15 | The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent . |
| 16 | To make sure you 're not dishing up any trouble for you or your family during the forthcoming festivities , Domestos has some simple hygiene rules to follow in the kitchen |
| 17 | Irritably , ‘ I 'm not starting up that discussion again . ’ |
| 18 | Please do not take up vital communication power at this point . ’ |
| 19 | But anything done I twelve does not take up any part of I five , as I understand it . |
| 20 | Yet in a public place it will not take up any space . |
| 21 | Sliding doors are popular choice as they do not take up any space in the room , although , on the other hand , you can only see the contents of half the wardrobe at any one time . |
| 22 | It goes on at some length to persuade people not to climb up this waterfall and muck about in it . |
| 23 | Hearing society , however , has not taken up this responsibility nor seen that all society 's members have a right of access to society 's knowledge . |
| 24 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 25 | I will not put up any drawing that is not my own . |
| 26 | ‘ When the goalkeeper did not turn up one day , I was the biggest so I went in goals , ’ he said . |
| 27 | They did n't stay up all night , but took turns working any moment they could spare , hampered by Midnight 's lapses into delirium when he twisted and thrashed , making the job impossible . |
| 28 | You ca n't stay up all night . ’ |
| 29 | On loading this , the second part , just type ‘ PICKET ’ when prompted and you 'll be away ( if you 've got school in the morning , do n't stay up all knight playing it ! ) . |
| 30 | It soon became reasonably certain that I had n't picked up any kind of tails or bugs , and so I could begin to relax . |