Example sentences of "not [vb pp] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not given up that demand . |
| 2 | Short hypotheses looked more promising than long ones simply because more of their score was an estimate ; they had not picked up actual shortfall . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not locked up twenty-four hours a day . |
| 6 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We were n't taped up this time , but we were blindfolded . |