Example sentences of "[verb] her up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her .
2 When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off .
3 Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden .
4 You must have touched her up the wrong way .
5 Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way .
6 He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps .
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