Example sentences of "she [vb past] up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She threaded up the machine with the right cotton for her curtains , arranged the material in the right position under the needle , and began to turn the handle of the machine . |
| 2 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 3 | Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again . |
| 4 | She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee . |
| 5 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 6 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 7 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 8 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 9 | She snatched up the fern from the window sill and for a second Blanche expected it to soar through the air and sow its parched soil across the carpet . |
| 10 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 11 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 12 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
| 13 | She threw up a hand in a gesture of exasperation . |
| 14 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 15 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 16 | Turning round , she folded up the collar of her black T-shirt experimentally and , liking the effect , fastened a double row of pearls around it . |
| 17 | She scampered up the bank through the weeds to the footpath . |
| 18 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 19 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 20 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 21 | She broke up the partnership with exhaustive cunning , prising Arthur away with weapons of sexual mortification that she knew he would never describe to a living soul , least of all to Fred , because she was Fred 's loved wife . |
| 22 | She packed up the remains of the bread and cheese they had had for supper , and then watched as he clipped poles together and hammered in pegs ; within minutes the flimsy little structure was up and ready . |
| 23 | Despite the sunshine , it was a crisp , cold day , and she pulled up the collar of her black jacket , flicking the long auburn mane of her hair out of the way . |
| 24 | Rising to her feet , she gathered up a sheaf of files . |
| 25 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 26 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 27 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |
| 28 | She took up the pastime after impressing friends and family when she made an engagement cake for her brother-in-law . |
| 29 | She took up the handles of the hand-cart and began to push it , and now there was room only for the child to walk by the side of it . |
| 30 | After she completed her degree course , they moved to the United States , where she took up an appointment as an instructor in English at Smith College . |