Example sentences of "she [be] [adv] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his opinion , he received little attention from his wife : ‘ She 's completely wrapped up in the children . |
| 2 | She 's always sucking up to Ma . |
| 3 | She thinks you might do something , she says she 's always coming up with Ma . |
| 4 | Well , I thought nothing of it , because she 's always palled up with a lot of English chaps since she was up at St Andrews and there was the odd Michael among them . |
| 5 | She 's now grown up with her own baby . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh yes , she 's very clued up about the Camisards . |
| 7 | Yeah , she 's only coming up for six weeks , mm , a monster . |
| 8 | She 's so tied up with unhappiness . |
| 9 | But when you know that she 's safely tucked up in bed , you come out with a towel around you . |
| 10 | She is absolutely wrapped up in her children ; she is a good and devoted mother ; and others besides her children call her ‘ mother ’ because of her kind care for them . ’ |
| 11 | She is now locked up in a mental institution — and only strength of character probably stopped the same fate from happening to Gless . |
| 12 | Peter Earl , joint leader of the DHL 40 expedition , said from base camp at 17,500ft : ‘ She is now tucked up in her sleeping bag in a tent . |
| 13 | She was just brought up with her grandparents . |
| 14 | In fact she was just checking up on room service , wondering if it was too late to order a plain omelette and salad in her room . |
| 15 | They 'd left Jamie with her while they went on a business trip across the country , and she was thoroughly fed up with him . |
| 16 | She was partly brought up by her maternal grandparents , Otto Plath suffering much illness ; and he died in 1940 , just after Sylvia 's eighth birthday . |
| 17 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 18 | She was so caught up in her own feelings that she failed to detect the danger in the question . |
| 19 | She was so wrapped up in the portrait that she heard nothing until the clink of glass told her she was not alone , and as she spun round she found Alain turning from pouring himself a drink . |
| 20 | Steve sat as mute as herself but she was so wrapped up in her own misery that she did n't question why he was so quiet . |
| 21 | A week later Liz appeared much more cheerful and explained how she was now catching up with her work . |
| 22 | Besides , she was very wrapped up in a world of her own . |
| 23 | She was still tucked up in bed and this was simply some horrible nightmare . |
| 24 | Even though Carrie 's mother suspected something was different with her child , she was too caught up in her own religious world , that she did not do anything about Carrie 's obvious talent . |
| 25 | A hand was clapped roughly over her mouth , and she was almost lifted up by the arms and moved at a run back into the house , where Mrs Prynn was waiting in her nightcap and gown , with the trap door into the cellar open and the key in her hand . |
| 26 | She was often hauled up before sheriffs for what would now be causing a breach of the peace , and before Bishops to see whether she should be burned for heresy , and frequently ended up in prison . |
| 27 | Then , knowing that she was safely tucked up in her own bed , she would go through the mental exercise as she had done under hypnosis and imagine herself entering that cupboard under the stairs . |