Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Put simply , the meanings of black and bird do not add up to the meaning of blackbird , but do yield that of black bird . |
| 32 | So I did n't grow up with the idea that I had a poet in the family , by marriage of course . |
| 33 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |
| 34 | I did n't feel up to the snubs your radical feminist friends would have handed out . ’ |
| 35 | He did n't feel up to the mildest of rebuffs from her ; he seemed to have gone back to a relationship like an adolescent infatuation , reading rejection in the most innocent of her actions . |
| 36 | The pencil lines on the back of the Lucky Strike packet that were supposed to represent the commercial heart of Glasgow , somehow did n't match up with the darkened canyon they were driving along . |
| 37 | The end result did n't match up to the pre-race hype . |
| 38 | Mm she did n't end up with the word |
| 39 | For light relief we had Valerie , and why she did n't end up in the same boat I 'll never know . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | As a presage , she did n't go up to the top alone . |
| 43 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 44 | The unbalanced design of Mazda 's MX-3 did n't live up to the promise of its unique 1.8-litre V6 specification |
| 45 | And if it did n't live up to the investor 's rigorous standards , no one had any doubt that he would make good his threat of withdrawing his backing . |
| 46 | Erm unfortunately they did n't live up to the expectations . |
| 47 | Said his co-boss Curbishley : ‘ I was a bit disappointed when Lennie Lawrence at Middlesbrough did n't come up with the price we 'd fixed but I 'm happy the lad is still here . |
| 48 | Often she did n't get up in the mornings , lying in bed while Emmie got breakfast and made her a cup of tea . |
| 49 | There was no need for me to get up and prowl around while the rest of the family was sleeping because I could read all night , if I wanted to , and if I did n't get up until the middle of the day , no one seemed to mind very much . |
| 50 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 51 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 52 | But she knew that , if she did n't turn up on the beach , Ross would only come back to fetch her . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | I did n't look up at the sky . |
| 55 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 56 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 57 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 58 | I 'll have , have to do that later for you because you wo n't be doing it then , this lesson next year , and if your pots do n't go up in the kiln I will be glazing for you , so of course you see the colour and everything we do n't have the time to do that , it 's a shame , well actually they 'll look very smart just with the glaze on , but I 'll try and get that done for you , okay , can you put your hand up if there is |
| 59 | And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point . |
| 60 | but the two pairs of equal sides are n't opposite one another so you do n't end up with the the either the rectangle |