Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was talking to Julie yesterday , she phoned me up at the |
| 2 | And erm she phoned me up on the Sunday . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 4 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 5 | I bet she keeps you up to the mark . |
| 6 | Mary Rose took off her mink and handed it to a large redheaded girl , who looked at it and stroked the silky fur before she hung it up on the back door among the muddy anoraks . |
| 7 | Feeling rather conspicuous in her towel and bikini , she followed him up to the palatially decorated VIP suite , and into the bathroom — trying not to notice the bedroom they passed through on the way . |
| 8 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 9 | But he doubted if he could have stood her voice for a full evening ; it grated on him when she chatted him up over the counter . |
| 10 | She pulled herself up on the bed and , kneeling in such a way that George could see her breasts to their best advantage , took his phallus into her mouth . |
| 11 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 12 | She preferred to use vagina — until she looked it up in the dictionary , which gave its etymology ( vagina is Latin for ‘ sheath ’ , as in where you keep your sword ) . |
| 13 | As she heaved herself up against the pillows she discovered she was wearing a man 's shirt , extra-large and striped , and she 'd never seen that before , either . |
| 14 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
| 15 | She propped it up on the mantelpiece , and went to the kitchen . |
| 16 | It seems she dressed herself up in the most provocative way possible when she got into this state and behaved like a caricature of the rich foreigner . |
| 17 | Dawn used it look , she put it up in the cupboard . |
| 18 | She gave herself up to the water almost gratefully . |
| 19 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 20 | His lips seemed to draw out from her all that was sweet , all that was female , and she gave herself up to the moment with an abandon that shocked her . |
| 21 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 22 | A sigh escaped her , and as she gave herself up to the pleasure of his embrace her arm rose to entwine about his neck . |
| 23 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |
| 24 | Her eyes closed as her lips parted , then she gave herself up to the joy of feeling his heart begin to thud . |
| 25 | There was a long moment when she strove to clutch on to her dwindling resistance , then something seemed to make it snap , and she gave herself up to the delicious agony of his touch , helpless in his smouldering embrace . |
| 26 | Shutting her eyes to the inevitability of what lay ahead , she gave herself up to the ride as he took her higher and higher into the peaks , following a winding route off the main road that was little used . |
| 27 | Exhausted , she gave herself up to the motion . |
| 28 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 29 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 30 | She , however , was on duty throughout , and she set us up for the KGB photographers . |