Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [vb pp] [to-vb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Without naming his new guru , the Zimbabwe-born batsman — who has failed to live up to the blaze of publicity which greeted his arrival on the Test scene in 1991 — revealed that his poor form in five-day games against Pakistan last summer led him to seek psychiatric advice . |
2 | One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks . |
3 | There are many adults who 've had to face up to this problem and have , in actual fact , overcome it Susan Hampshire is one ; I believe Hans Anderson , also , has suffered from this difficulty — that with help they can overcome this and live a normal life . |
4 | He was raving at Maurin , at all the people who had failed to live up to his expectations of them . |
5 | The younger ones had simpler jobs , like delivering copies of the War Cry to corps members who had failed to show up for service on Sunday . |
6 | The black Dutchman , Winter , who 's had to put up with much racial abuse , continues in the space reserved for Gazza . |