Example sentences of "she [vb past] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She doubled up in pain , and rested her forehead on the carpeted floor . |
| 2 | She doubled up as matron , treating every illness , injury , headache or toothache with determined suspicion , certain in her own mind that the pupil was trying to get away with something . |
| 3 | She doubled up as another pain hit her . |
| 4 | With a gasp of pain and surprise she doubled up . |
| 5 | As she said ‘ Go ’ she flung up her right hand in an imperious gesture . |
| 6 | She flung up her head , rage blazing in her eyes . |
| 7 | She flung up her head , bright satin-smooth curls shaking . |
| 8 | ‘ That wo n't help , ’ a voice said gently as the back door slowly opened , and she flung up her head in shock . |
| 9 | Suddenly Isabel was no longer floating , she was falling instead , the sensation so swift and unexpected that she flung up her hands to save herself , and found them clinging to the source of the heat above her . |
| 10 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |
| 11 | Some rich toff she met up West , I dare say ? ’ |
| 12 | She threaded up the machine with the right cotton for her curtains , arranged the material in the right position under the needle , and began to turn the handle of the machine . |
| 13 | By December 1917 Madame Weill had moved from her tiny shop on the Rue Victor-Masse , where she pinned up her pictures with clothes-pegs on an overhead wire like washing , to a more imposing venue , Galerie B. Weill , 50 Rue Taitbout in the 9th arrondissement . |
| 14 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 15 | Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again . |
| 16 | With the speed and precision of an avenging angel , she swooped up the net and tipped out the three squirming occupants , watching with grim satisfaction as they darted away . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm going to the tourist office right now , to see if there 's anywhere I can stay tonight — ’ A sea of uplifted faces swam into her vision , and she coloured up with embarrassment . |
| 18 | Then she coloured up , as Theda 's grey gaze came round to her , the mix of emotions there apparent . |
| 19 | She zipped up her anorak and began to work her way around to the sergeant 's face . |
| 20 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 21 | Returning to the desk she made up her face , powdering carefully about her eyes . |
| 22 | She made up her mind never to open the doors after dark to people knocking . |
| 23 | When it dawned on her that she would have to earn her own living , she made up her mind to work for a diploma and then teach , and do some book-illustrating while she cast about for her real métier . |
| 24 | Her fingers touched the wallet , now tucked away in her inner pocket , and she made up her mind to confide in Susan . |
| 25 | In that moment she made up her mind . |
| 26 | A SCHOOLGIRL yesterday dropped a legal bid to divorce her parents after she made up with her mother . |
| 27 | She made up for the difficulty by striking their fingers with a ruler when they erred , especially when learning the piano . |
| 28 | She made up to him for the son he had never had , the wife who had left him , even the dull Selene , who would never come to anything . |
| 29 | She had already noticed on the streets of Florence how pretty the girls were — and how well dressed — and she made up her mind to look just as good . |
| 30 | She made up her mind , as she followed Marco into the cab , to see if she could n't get a better deal out of this Hannah Soo . |