Example sentences of "do n't [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If those with inside knowledge of the facts did n't speak up for Britain , who the hell would ? |
| 2 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't dress up for him ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I went straight over and I did n't get up for about ten minutes . |
| 12 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 13 | It did n't turn up for practice and so many questions were asked that the race organisers pinned a notice on the control room window saying : ‘ We have NO news of the BRM . ’ |
| 14 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 15 | I mean , i if he , if you said something like that to him and he went away and he did n't turn up for two or three days , you would never live with yourself . |
| 16 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 17 | Should have been seven — but I did n't turn up for three . ’ |
| 18 | I think when we were , as far as I can remember is when we were sent either letters of , letters to warn us that we were gon na be dismissed if we did n't turn up for work or either when we were dismissed . |
| 19 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 20 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 21 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 22 | ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions . |
| 23 | You do n't show up for any of them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Who said ‘ P*** off , we do n't get up for another hour . |
| 26 | ‘ Look , stay where you are — do n't get up for dinner . |
| 27 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't wait up for me , I 'll probably be a while . ’ |
| 29 | I just do n't turn up for lectures that often . |
| 30 | 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 ? |