Example sentences of "she [vb past] up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got up with a sigh . |
| 2 | She straightened up with a smile . |
| 3 | In Sargent [ 1990 ] The Guardian , 3 July , Boreham J at Leeds Crown Court is reported as saying : " You were so negligent as to be reckless as to this woman 's welfare " , by pumping so much oxygen into her during an operation that she swelled up like a Michelin man . |
| 4 | So , after licking another 485 stamps , she came up with a manifest of eight people , one Sloth , Gan Moondork ( one of Nintendo 's escaped bionic mutations ) and Gan 's woman ( the Rubber Dummy ) . |
| 5 | And she came up with a list which are pleas from the switchboard supervisor . |
| 6 | She came up with a routine for visiting the tables , and even managed to empty a few ashtrays . |
| 7 | She ducked down behind the table and emerged with the little box her employer had displayed so proudly , then raked around in the back of a drawer until she came up with a key . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me . |
| 9 | She flared up in a fury and we parted for life again … |
| 10 | She glanced up with a smile as Connor came in , but her smile disappeared when she saw who was with him . |
| 11 | When she opened her eyes and saw Patrick standing in the room she started up with a cry . |
| 12 | A short while later she pulled up outside a hotel in the thousand-year-old city of Bamberg . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , some of the guests had arrived early , before she perked up with a smile , and witnessed the other side of the sweetness and light . |
| 14 | Now she curled up in a ball , hunched , defeated . |
| 15 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 16 | She looked up as a waitress appeared carrying a tray loaded with plates of crusty bread , cheese and pickles . |
| 17 | He had such a nice voice that she looked up with a smile , expecting to see a nice , kind face to match . |
| 18 | She looked up with a start . |
| 19 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 20 | With the youngest of her three children now at nursery school near their home in Somerset , Helen works part-time in the business she set up with a friend , organising helium balloon decorations for parties and weddings . |
| 21 | She jumped up on a branch of a tree . |
| 22 | When Maria heard her mother come in , she jumped up with a squeal and ran to her . |
| 23 | She jumped up in a panic , terrified at being late home . |
| 24 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 25 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 26 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 27 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 28 | ‘ She ended up as a Lady . |