Example sentences of "she [verb] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 2 | As she cycled up to the ornate porch she always thought of chivalrous knights attending maidens dressed in high , pointed hats and long sweeping gowns . |
| 3 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 4 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 5 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 6 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 7 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 8 | She curled up on the other side of the bed . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |
| 10 | Franca surveyed her long athletic bare legs and the smudge of the scar on her knee as she reached up to the high shelf of a cupboard . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 12 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 13 | She stared up into the sun-dappled leaves . |
| 14 | She stared up into the big frightened eyes . |
| 15 | She looked up into the gilt-edged mirror above the basin and cursed silently . |
| 16 | Relief and anger swept through her as she looked up into the familiar dark , scowling face . |
| 17 | She looked up into the haughty face but he said nothing at all . |
| 18 | She looked up into the smashed glass of the windscreen , something was trapped under the wiper blade . |
| 19 | She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the thin face of Edward Morris . |
| 20 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 21 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 22 | She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside . |
| 23 | She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds . |
| 24 | She looked up at the clear sky . |
| 25 | She looked up at the cloudless sky . |
| 26 | She looked up at the blank expression on Inspector Black 's face , then continued reading , ‘ It 's another match , the profile is almost identical . |
| 27 | I am sure she went up to the poor man 's room , picked up the thread lying there , pulled out the slow fuse , lit it with a tinder and then came back down here . ’ |
| 28 | She grew up in the African bush , and came to love the many wild animals as well as the domestic animals on her father 's farm . |
| 29 | She standing up against the racial stereotype with purple hair . |
| 30 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |