Example sentences of "draw [pron] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him . |
| 2 | The standard reaction when you receive such charges is to draw yourself up in a dignified manner and disclaim all knowledge of the dastardly deed . |
| 3 | Uplift yourself from your lower self , even as an elephant draws himself up from a muddy swamp . |
| 4 | As the girl played the woman dilated her nostrils and rose slightly off the piano stool , as if someone was drawing her up by an invisible wire attached to the crown of her head . |
| 5 | When they paused near one of these villages to rest the horses the Collector remained in the carriage and watched the men drawing water from the well , drawing it up in a huge leather bag with the help of their bullocks , and he knew that the same two men and two bullocks would do this every day until the end of their lives . |