Example sentences of "she sat up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat up and looked around . |
| 2 | She sat up . |
| 3 | Without turning on the light she sat up and reached for her bottle and glass , faintly alarmed to discover she could find them both by feel alone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | SHe sat up . |
| 6 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 7 | She sat up and frowned . |
| 8 | She sat up straight , feeling proud but rather foolish . |
| 9 | She sat up and stretched out her hand to him . |
| 10 | She sat up . |
| 11 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 12 | Despite the protests she sat up now and swung her feet from the settee . |
| 13 | She sat up very straight on the side of the bed and continued to address him as if he were sitting on a mat in the Top Infants , wrestling with difficult , dangerous new concepts like add-ups and take-aways and the precise whereabouts of Australia . |
| 14 | After encouraging ourselves to trust God , we prayed , and she sat up , cured . |
| 15 | After a while she sat up and slowly began to undress to her camisole and her waist petticoat ; then , turning up the gas that had been on a low jet , she went across the room to the wash-hand stand and poured water from the jug into the basin . |
| 16 | After telling me her story with all those rumblings of resentment and flashes of only half-buried hatred , Nancy 's blue eyes suddenly lit up , her pinched face broke into a smile , she sat up and cried , ‘ It 's me sister ! ’ |
| 17 | She sat up , straightening her clothes just as Edward opened the steamed-up window of the car and dumped the handkerchief out into the hedge . |
| 18 | She sat up , flustered , curls and cap slipping ; her round blue eyes misty with sleep . |
| 19 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 20 | She sat up and looked at me . |
| 21 | She sat up smartly and stared at him . |
| 22 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 23 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 24 | Overwhelmed by the injustice of it all , she sat up . |
| 25 | Trying not to scream , she sat up and , without putting on the light , looked at the illuminated face of the alarm clock . |
| 26 | She sat up in horror . |
| 27 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 28 | Then , amazingly , she sat up . |
| 29 | Tentatively , she sat up . |
| 30 | She sat up in her web , pulled the keyboard to her and roused the computer , keeping it mute . |