Example sentences of "she [vb past] up a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |
| 2 | From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile , still angry she had allowed this aggravating man to get beneath her defences . |
| 3 | She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him . |
| 4 | She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds . |
| 5 | Then it was Sue 's turn , and she opened up a shimmering square of silk scarf , which had been flattened to the size of an envelope and now expanded and billowed across the table like the sail of a brilliant ship . |
| 6 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 7 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
| 8 | Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back . |
| 9 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
| 10 | She sent up a brief prayer of thanks that her shift was still dry , although it could hardly be described as a significant covering . |
| 11 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
| 12 | She kept up a running commentary as she chased him 50 yards across Lawrence Road before collapsing in a pool of blood . |
| 13 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
| 14 | She Dreamed up a new hobby for the Mayor , collecting antique paperweights , and made good use of them . |
| 15 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
| 16 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 17 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 18 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
| 19 | Debbie 's lawyer , John Christiansen , said she can claim half their assets , because she gave up a promising tennis career for Fred 's sake . |
| 20 | She summoned up a weak smile . |
| 21 | She summoned up a little fight then . |
| 22 | Pulling on a warm suede jacket , she summoned up a lukewarm smile as he strode into the room , instantly dominating the place with his presence . |
| 23 | The Lewis Carroll logic of this was too much for her ; she ran up a white flag , acknowledging defeat . |
| 24 | She picked up a small piece of paper lying beside her and began turning it over and over in her fingers . |
| 25 | She picked up a small statuette which he had n't been aware of before . |
| 26 | Without pausing for wisecracks , she picked up a cheap map . |
| 27 | She picked up a leather-bound volume . |
| 28 | She picked up a hard-covered exercise book . |
| 29 | She picked up a sleek length of smoked silver . |
| 30 | She picked up a heavy leather glove and hit him in the face with it . |