Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 3 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 4 | They did not turn up for sessions they considered boring and did not meet their needs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 7 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The UCW believes the rounds of postmen who do not turn up for work will not be covered by overtime . |
| 10 | • 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 . |
| 11 | It affects us all and its practitioners do not come up for re-election every five years . |
| 12 | Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth , where it grows rusty and moth-eaten , and thieves break in to steal it . |
| 13 | If those with inside knowledge of the facts did n't speak up for Britain , who the hell would ? |
| 14 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't dress up for him ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I went straight over and I did n't get up for about ten minutes . |
| 24 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 29 | Should have been seven — but I did n't turn up for three . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |