Example sentences of "she [vb past] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sign on his door said Engaged , and she smiled as she crept up to the next landing , where she knew the keyhole window that overlooked his study . |
| 2 | Lisa 's fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she rode up to the fourth floor in the silent lift . |
| 3 | She might have succeeded in reaching him , but the tree was laden with apples and as she moved up among the higher branches where the fruit had almost ripened , apples began to cascade down . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 6 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 8 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She curled up on the other side of the bed . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | She curled up in the darkest corner , pillowing her head on her arm , and clung to the memory of four hours before , when the time had stilled and she had been not , sweet tearing bliss … . |
| 13 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | She stared up into the sun-dappled leaves . |
| 18 | She stared up into the big frightened eyes . |
| 19 | She looked up into the gilt-edged mirror above the basin and cursed silently . |
| 20 | Relief and anger swept through her as she looked up into the familiar dark , scowling face . |
| 21 | She looked up into the haughty face but he said nothing at all . |
| 22 | She looked up into the smashed glass of the windscreen , something was trapped under the wiper blade . |
| 23 | She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the thin face of Edward Morris . |
| 24 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 25 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 26 | She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles . |
| 27 | She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside . |
| 28 | She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds . |
| 29 | She looked up at the clear sky . |
| 30 | She looked up at the cloudless sky . |