Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] up her [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would normally push up her heart rate but with her pulse already racing due to the alcohol , dancing and general party excitement the increase is not as noticeable as normal . |
| 2 | I consider that poor taste , ’ she said tartly , getting to her feet and shakily picking up her evening bag from the chair next to her . |
| 3 | Ruth had frequently sicked up her bottle milk , as if on purpose , like the endless stinking miasmas of the wet nappies . |
| 4 | Millie glances at each of her parents in turn , then picks up her dessert spoon and studies that instead . |
| 5 | So far as I can reconstruct events , I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started ; I discovered I was smiling when I realized that Anne was watching me ; whereupon I looked at her interrogatively ; she looked at the water jug with a slight frown ; Millie glanced at each of us in turn , then picked up her dessert spoon and studied that instead ; I watched her smiling at the spoon ; which made me start smiling again ; which made Anne start looking at me again ; which … kept us all occupied throughout the main course . |