Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] up [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example when , as a journalist , I visited couples in their homes to ask about local events , my conversations with women would often be interrupted by their husbands holding up their hands in the direction of their wives and saying in the most matter of fact way ‘ Be quiet , ’ and then turning to me and saying ‘ There is no point in asking my wife . |
| 2 | There are many instances of white youths being pressured by their parents to give up their sport in preference for more reasonable and secure occupations , lest they invest their time and energies in a pointless pursuit of intangible dreams . |
| 3 | Orthodox Muslim parents felt that the schools were making an almost deliberate attempt to obstruct them in their efforts to bring up their daughters as Muslims . |
| 4 | She pushed her glasses back up her nose , clamped her mouth shut firmly , and picked up the hard-backed novel , which had cost six dollars and fifty cents of the Committee 's small funds . |
| 5 | They pile out of the transport , some still with traces of camouflage cream on their faces and various grasses and leaves still woven into their uniforms to break up their silhouettes . |
| 6 | Her mouth dropped open slightly , her breathing deep as she allowed her hands to slide up her body , cupping both breasts , rubbing both nipples with her thumbs . |
| 7 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 8 | Her hands slid up his arms to grip his shoulders , her fingers digging into the soft material of his shirt as though he alone could anchor her . |
| 9 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry about that , but Sister Cas. does n't hold with her dressers chatting up her nurses . ’ |
| 11 | At the age of fifteen Ken ran away to California from his Texas home when his parents locked up his surfboard . |
| 12 | She heard his harsh breathing , the rough exclamations of his own excitement as he kissed her deeper , his hands moving up her spine , thrusting into her thick black hair , blind passion exploding between them after so long . |
| 13 | His hands slid up her throat and cupped her face . |