Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the most annoying aspect of the early period was the lack of real interest shown by our first council members — at times we could n't muster up the required six members for a quorum at the monthly meetings . |
| 2 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 3 | If he could n't keep up the whacked — out , languid image , you feel he 'd be ripping himself apart with guilt and recriminations . |
| 4 | But it was n't actually , it were something else , and people were finding that their goods were repossessed because they could n't keep up the payments . |
| 5 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 6 | and could n't pick up the sodding two . |
| 7 | What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball . |