Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rub myself up against him . |
| 2 | I drew myself up to my full 4 feet 8 inches , flared my pupils at the teacher , picked up my scarlet skirt , Vivien Leigh-style , and , with a thud , parquet met felt and felt met parquet . |
| 3 | Why should I dress myself up in clothes that are not mine ? |
| 4 | I hauled myself up from whatever I was lying on . |
| 5 | I dolled myself up after the bath . |
| 6 | Tell you how I brought myself up on Wells , Huxley and Shaw ; how I prefer George Eliot and even Thackeray to Dickens ; how I like Orwell , Hardy and Housman , and dislike the Auden-Spender-Isherwood crew ( preaching socialism as a sideshoot of homosexual law reform ) ; how I 'm saving Virginia Woolf for when I 'm dead . |
| 7 | I doll myself up at dusk . |
| 8 | I took myself up to Highbury to hear about all this . |
| 9 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 10 | I propped myself up on my elbow and looked at him . |
| 11 | I pull myself up to a sitting position . |
| 12 | The singer , at No. 4 with Sleeping Satellite says : ‘ I work myself up into such a state during my tests . |
| 13 | On this occasion I wrapped myself up in a blanket and went to sleep in a ditch . |
| 14 | I thought if I wrapped myself up in chickenwire and cut myself out again I would be left with a realistic shape . |
| 15 | And McCall , the driving force in Rangers ' 2–1 European Cup win at Elland Road , said : ‘ Leeds have great character and ability and I hope they go on to do well this season , but it will be difficult for them to pick themselves up from this . |
| 16 | The unconscious seems involved in a deep way , in part due to their setting themselves up as a Chosen People of God the Father . |
| 17 | He answered : ‘ Jobs and leisure are all one thing are n't they — if you work you build yourself up for leisure . ’ |
| 18 | You set your sights on a meeting , you build yourself up to it , and naturally what follows can be something of an anti-climax . |
| 19 | She levered herself up on an elbow , gazing down at his handsome , tanned face . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 21 | With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him . |
| 22 | She drew herself up to her full height , hands on hips ; quite a figure . |
| 23 | So , ’ she drew herself up to her full height , her tight black dress clasping her full figure as though the material was pasted to her , ‘ so , ’ she repeated , ‘ I opened it to check the photograph and saw it was Ed Riverton 's . |
| 24 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 25 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 26 | Looking very much like the arrogant duchess he had once accused her of being , despite her wet and muddy state , she drew herself up to her full height , and stated with flat finality , ‘ You can both do as you please regarding the land . |
| 27 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 28 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 29 | In answer she lifted herself up on tiptoe and leaned against his tall , firm frame . |
| 30 | She lifted herself up on one elbow and looked down at his , at his face drawn with sorrow and the love that would sacrifice itself for her selfishness — and so needlessly . |