Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly she got up and made for the piano . |
| 2 | It was on the tip of Jehan 's tongue to suggest that Alexei was allowing himself to be used only because it suited him ; but it was clear that discussing the subject was making Jehana unhappy , and so he said nothing , sitting quietly beside her until suddenly she got up and went into the house . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh Gawd — sounds like something out of bleeding Barbara Cartland : ‘ Suddenly she brushed up against him , and he knew that this was the real thing . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly she made up her mind . |
| 5 | But suddenly she woke up , ousted Ven from her head , and wondered what she should do with her day . |
| 6 | ‘ Suddenly she sat up and said ‘ what are you doing here ’ . |
| 7 | Suddenly she sat up and put her podgy arms around the shoulders of both girls . |
| 8 | Suddenly she jumped up and the ash dropped to the floor . |
| 9 | He turned down the lamp and wondered how he was going to get in without wakening her ; when suddenly she started up , crying out with despair , fighting to be free of the blankets . |
| 10 | Suddenly she stood up , staring wildly . |
| 11 | Only she looked up first into his eyes , and again saw that his eyes were gentle . |
| 12 | Idly she picked up her packets of seeds . |
| 13 | Naturally she took up residence , and by the time Nigel came back she was well established . |
| 14 | So she woke up . |
| 15 | So she goes up to the first man and she goes , hi , handsome , and he goes , hello , hello and he 's erected , right . |
| 16 | So she lifted up her skirt . |
| 17 | So she got up , went to the window , and opened it . |
| 18 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 19 | so she got up as well . |
| 20 | So she took up their banner when she was Prime Minister , tempting people to start up on their own with tax and cash inducements . |
| 21 | And so she looked up , she said , that is right she said , alright , and er he prescribed some more water pills . |
| 22 | So she gave up , and sat between the vines in the hot sun , alternately sleeping and working her way through the dusty volumes of Peregrine Pickle , bound in crimson and gold leather , with real bookworms making agitated forays from their dark crannies into the heat and light across the extraordinary scenes where Smollett 's elderly ladies retained their urine indefinitely to put out putative fires , or sweetened their foul breaths with violet cachous to deceive desired young lovers . |
| 23 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 24 | So she stood up , and pulled down her pants , and rolled on her dark-brown bathing-costume , under her dress , as she had done on seaside holidays , and then pulled that off too . |
| 25 | At six o'clock she got up , prayed , and dressed . |
| 26 | At five o'clock she got up from her desk . |
| 27 | I 'm wondering if she 's saying down you know , like cos they fall down she saying up , and then she 's damn . |
| 28 | The wife come in she stays up around the corner and keeps an eye on the on a Saturday . |
| 29 | From here on in she holds up her chin , flares her nostrils and treats us unreservedly with the sheer contempt that we deserve . |
| 30 | Finally she straightened up and glared at him balefully . |