Example sentences of "not [v-ing] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’ |
| 2 | Compaq Computer Corp accompanied its new product blitz yesterday with the news that it will no longer publish suggested list prices for its machines in the US — but unlike IBM Corp with its mainframes , it 's not tearing up the price list . |
| 3 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 4 | I 'm surprised that we 're not picking up a bit more a few more highlights , it 's a bit . |
| 5 | All they do when they 're at sea is take down the messages we send to them , so do n't worry about not picking up a signal , 'cause nobody 'll be sending you any . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone . |
| 7 | As long as you 're not going up the village |
| 8 | I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney ! |
| 9 | But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet . |
| 10 | I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education . |
| 11 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 12 | In answer to my office colleagues who saw me manhandling a hopper-shaped device into my car boot the other week : no , I was not setting up a home distillery , merely preparing to field-test a pond filter . |
| 13 | FRS 2 argues that not setting up a debit balance ‘ would obscure the comparison between the assets and liabilities attributable to the minority interest and those attributable to group interests both during the period when the accumulated losses accrue and afterwards , if the losses are then made good by later profits ’ ( para 81 ) . |
| 14 | An inquiry into the Beirut massacres was held up because of lawsuits against the Israel government for not setting up an inquiry . |
| 15 | ( d ) Taking money from a customer and not ringing up the price on the till : Monaghan [ 1979 ] Crim LR 673 ( CA ) . |
| 16 | Northamptonshire police this afternoon said they were not following up the incident . |
| 17 | But I 'd let my gaze slip back down to the wonderfully out thrust cloth over Sergia 's chest , so I was n't picking up every detail . |
| 18 | ‘ Just as well , 'cos I ai n't going up the Palais . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I ai n't climbin' up the back . ’ |