Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly she picked up the flowers , not knowing what to say . |
| 2 | Eventually she plucked up the courage , half afraid by now that Luke would come to find her if she was any longer , and stepped out . |
| 3 | Quickly she locked up the car . |
| 4 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 5 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 6 | Recklessly she built up the lie , agitatedly aware that she was protesting too much in her desperation but unable to prevent herself . |
| 7 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 8 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 9 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
| 12 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 13 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 14 | Then she picked up the wicker bird cage and took it to the sill . |
| 15 | Then she picked up the dirty washing and went to the door . |
| 16 | Then she picked up the letter with the neatly typed address . |
| 17 | Then she picked up the tall glass she had carried down with her , and which was now empty , walked sedately to the water 's edge , filled it with ice-cold water and returned to see that he had not shifted . |
| 18 | She waited until she heard the outer door close , then she picked up the receiver . |
| 19 | Ellen held her happy smile till the courtesy taxi had disappeared , then she tore up the proctologist 's business card . |
| 20 | Then she tore up the sheet . |
| 21 | Hastily she pulled up the sheet , and saw by the gleam in his eyes that he was cynically amused by her modesty . |
| 22 | Instead she picked up the receiver again . |
| 23 | It was a quiet question from Reginald now ; and she answered him as quietly : bending forward she looked up the table towards him as she said , ‘ Strange things are happening . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , come along , come along , Miss Quinn , ’ Dr. Briant said , using the bright rallying voice he always did when speaking to her , and obediently she picked up the baby and carried him to the scales . |