Example sentences of "she [verb] up the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the speed and precision of an avenging angel , she swooped up the net and tipped out the three squirming occupants , watching with grim satisfaction as they darted away . |
| 2 | She phoned up the doctors and said she 'd make an appointment for me . |
| 3 | My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She snatched up the receiver and sat wetly on the bed . |
| 6 | Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs . |
| 7 | How easily he could dissemble , Merrill thought wearily as she drew up the chair and prepared to take his dictation . |
| 8 | She dished up the meal and carefully avoided his eyes . |
| 9 | I 'd never give him instead of bought for her for her christening she match up the jacket and sh the socks , the socks what somebody just bought for her . |
| 10 | She screwed up the letter and dropped it into the kitchen bin . |
| 11 | With a tea cloth around her hand she opened up the oven and took out the mince pies and sausage rolls , placing them on the top of the stove to cool as she put the turkey in to cook . |
| 12 | She collected up the letters and stuffed them back , higgledy-piggledy , into their brown paper and cardboard nest . |
| 13 | As she collected up the plates and covers herself and went without Miss Vine 's twelve p , the face of Timothy Gedge appeared in her mind , causing her to feel sick in the stomach . |
| 14 | She glanced up the beach and saw Stephen and Elaine unpacking the hamper . |
| 15 | She started up the engine and drove swiftly away . |
| 16 | She started up the engine and fumbled with the gears while he moved to the back of the vehicle and hauled out her overnight bag . |
| 17 | And she pulled up the weeds and she pulled up the teasels . |
| 18 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 19 | She gathered up the bags and pushed them towards the child ; and when he reluctantly handed her the two pennies she said , ‘ Thank you very much . |
| 20 | She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis . |
| 21 | The honey was fermenting but she chewed up the nut and swallowed it avidly ; then , encouraged by Tom , she dipped her finger in the honey and licked it clean . |
| 22 | ‘ She trimmed up the north and east hedgerow quite nicely by the time I went up , Saturday lunchtime . |
| 23 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 24 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 25 | Later , she gave up the childminding and took on some secretarial work in the mornings which still allowed her to continue with her lunch-time job . |
| 26 | She banked up the fire and took a look round the room before she closed the door . |
| 27 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 28 | ‘ She shot up the field and then paused , stood her ground although we were still quite close and suddenly began to eat grass . ’ |
| 29 | She picked up the stick and hurled it , skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide . |
| 30 | She picked up the menu and scanned it with the air of a gourmet . |