Example sentences of "she snatched up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She snatched up the fern from the window sill and for a second Blanche expected it to soar through the air and sow its parched soil across the carpet . |
| 2 | Without thinking she snatched up the phone again and quickly tapped out the apartment number . |
| 3 | Embarrassment curled hotly through her as she remembered what she 'd read and she snatched up the case and marched towards the door , but it was n't that easy to push it from her mind , not when she remembered Luke Calder 's mockery . |
| 4 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 5 | She snatched up the receiver and sat wetly on the bed . |