Example sentences of "do not come [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two honest critics can be given as exceptions , the first a Japanese who recorded a negative reaction to a picture which did not come up to his standards of meaningful symbolism . |
| 2 | He had no track record himself in combat and the men he was to lead in battle were a pretty tough crowd , all of them individualists and likely to be highly critical of any officer who did not come up to their own standards . |
| 3 | But the profits in which he shared during 1840–44 did not come up to expectations , and after the disappointment of the low profits on A Christmas Carol , published on commission , he broke temporarily with Chapman & Hall , and turned to their printers , Bradbury & Evans , as his new publishers . |
| 4 | She learnt that these plates did not come up to the manufacturer 's high standards and would go back into the melting pot . |
| 5 | The EEC declared that the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act ( which incorporated the 1970 Equal Pay Act ) did not come up to its standards , and that the British government had to make it stronger . |
| 6 | ‘ The players need to feel confident and secure in their positions and we are counting on those players who did not come up to expectation against Scotland , to make up for it against Ireland . ’ |
| 7 | And , as so often , I did not come back to bed . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not come back to international rugby just to be the grandad of the B side . |
| 9 | Hazel did not come down to London for the weekend . |
| 10 | The only disappointment for the Sunderland fans was that the team did not come out to be saluted after their 1–0 victory as happened when the 1973 side also won through to Wembley at Hillsborough . |
| 11 | Shakespeare 's centrality has been achieved because there remains continued debate about the plays , these texts do not come down to us as ‘ dead on arrival ’ , to borrow a phrase from Stephen Greenblatt . |
| 12 | ‘ We did n't come up to expectations … ’ his eyes suddenly brightened . |
| 13 | She did n't come back to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 14 | She lived in Jesselton and did n't come back to school in England because her mother is a teacher and educated Anne at home in what seemed to me a rather rough and ready fashion . |
| 15 | You , you know , you , you got over it but er he , he did n't re he did n't come back to you when perhaps he could 've done if he was feeling a bit er aggressive at the time . |
| 16 | he did n't really like it , but he had a lovely week , but at least we did n't come back to a house that 's full of |
| 17 | He did n't come down to rehearsals too much after that . |
| 18 | The playhouse in the Harlow is about the people in Harlow and about the people that come in from outside of Harlow I 'm very conscious that we do serve a very wide community and I am pleased that people with other sounds come and support the theatre has been rightly said if they did n't come in to Harlow to support the theatre we would have major problems . |
| 19 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 20 | ‘ You just take the margin you 're paying somebody else ; make sure your overheads did n't come out to more than that , and you ca n't lose . ’ |
| 21 | These are the only role models for young women ; you feel inferior if you do n't come up to those standards , even though you know it 's a ridiculous stereotype . |
| 22 | That 's why I dress like a policeman , so they do n't come up to you . |
| 23 | ‘ No , do n't come up to the door . |
| 24 | I 'm now , I 'm not retiring , I 'm just going back to being part of a member from my Hampshire Council of Community Service , and I shall be writing , of course , very rude letter , if the services and the communications of letters do n't come up to standards . |
| 25 | Certainly as far as Americans are concerned , a lot of our hotels do n't come up to the standards of service that they are used to , and certainly they do n't think they 're value for money . |
| 26 | ‘ Had I known this man would come back to Lebanon , I would have called and said : ‘ Do n't come back to this country . ’ |
| 27 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing , Monday 's not gon na be wonderful for me , I 've got to go into hospital for a little operation er b but seriously , I 'll be out on Tuesday , but I 'll , I 'll be away for the week er , because the Doc said do n't come back to , to work till a week on Monday , so I 'll , I 'll try and listen if I can , but what have you got for us ? |
| 28 | Do n't come down to the kitchen . |
| 29 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |