Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] up for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 2 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 3 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 4 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 5 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
| 6 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 9 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 14 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 17 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 20 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 21 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
| 22 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 23 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 24 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 25 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 26 | Mr Collor 's problem is that although money is no obstacle to his multi-million dollar campaign , it does not make up for the thousands of enthusiastic party militants campaigning for his rival . |
| 27 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 28 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 29 | ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully . |
| 30 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |