Example sentences of "[noun pl] she [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through dazed , clouded eyes she gazed up at him , the taste of his kiss still tingling on her mouth , her heart beating an erratic tattoo within her breast . |
| 2 | Her most valuable contribution lay in the relationships she built up with delegates from all round the world . |
| 3 | After hitching her cover more firmly round her shoulders she made up the smouldering fire and sat on the pouffe . |
| 4 | I wa I usually and then lock it and th and when there was visitors she opened up and she left the front door wide open and in there rummaging around ! |
| 5 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 6 | At the sound of Melissa 's strident tones she pulled up sharply and saw that her second least favourite person was standing squarely in front of her , thin arms folded determinedly across a rather too revealing cleavage . |
| 7 | What is certain is that she will stamp her own identity on whatever activities she heads up within the White House . |
| 8 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 9 | She still likes pop music , especially the singers and groups she grew up with , like Neil Diamond , Dire Straits and Duran Duran , and thoroughly enjoys the rock concerts she attends , but she now finds classical music more soothing to read and work to . |
| 10 | After several tries she gave up and wept a pool of panicky , frustrated tears . |
| 11 | As they drew back up the stairs , piling on the pieces she threw up at them , Lawton sniffed . |
| 12 | Like a rabbit she ran across the course to intercept Anmer and as the horse was hugging the rails she stood up in front of him holding both her hands above her head , and then sprang at him . |
| 13 | Despite the protests she sat up now and swung her feet from the settee . |
| 14 | For twenty years she saved up her money for the ‘ round trip ’ , and having been round the world , is now full of memories . |
| 15 | When the mouthbrooder picks up her eggs she gathers up the Synodontis eggs with them which she incubates inside her mouth along with her own fry until they are released as tiny replicas of their natural parents — possibly after preying on the cichlid fry while they are inside her mouth . |
| 16 | Me and Emma was talking about the flipping things she gets up to with Scott . |
| 17 | At last year 's AAA Championships she turned up , found me and introduced herself . |
| 18 | If half the stories she picked up earned space in the column the ball was a success from her rather peculiar point of view . |
| 19 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 20 | In one of the few remaining parking spaces she pulled up . |
| 21 | The young men she rustled up as marriage candidates seemed to Algy to be all one person with different haircuts , well-born dullards on their way into industry who exclaimed ‘ I say , how jolly enterprising ! ’ when they heard that Algy was a scene painter , and who surprised her by still dancing foxtrots and rumbas that she thought extinct . |
| 22 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 23 | Hanging on the door is a dressing gown and in the wardrobe a change of clothes given to her when she arrived in the refuge with only the clothes she stood up in and a shopping bag . |
| 24 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
| 25 | ’ But whatever the explanation , it does n't excuse the stones she piled up during her childhood . |