Example sentences of "she put up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put up her hand but whether it was to catch hold of the reins or to protect herself I do not know . |
| 2 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 3 | She put up her hand , palm vertical . |
| 4 | What she put up with . |
| 5 | But she put up a barrier around her , and allowed no one to pass . |
| 6 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
| 7 | For two years after they married , she put up with his violent temper which once led him to throw her across the lawn and punch her , breaking bones in her hand and finger . |
| 8 | By day , she put up a shelter against the sun and listened to the cacophony inside her . |
| 9 | She put up her hand to stem his protests . |
| 10 | She put up her arms to him and he began to make love to her very gently and slowly . |
| 11 | She put up with their pushful ways , |
| 12 | A college for women had been Mrs Reid 's dream from childhood , and in 1849 she put up the money to found Bedford College , hoping for hundreds of applications but in fact receiving at first only a few dozen , including those of her own friends . |
| 13 | And the picnic she put up for us was first-rate . |
| 14 | She put up her hand to her face and found it wet . |
| 15 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 16 | ‘ She put up a fight . ’ |
| 17 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 18 | She put up a screen and locked her chamber door . |
| 19 | She put up her hands in a gesture reminiscent of the one which she had made in the attic , when she had been still fearful of him and of all men , but the gesture was as much for Havvie as for him . |
| 20 | His hands dropped sharply away , and she put up her own hands to rub the skin were his fingers had marked her . |
| 21 | Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought . |
| 22 | I do n't know how she put up with it but she said she felt obligated . |
| 23 | laugh , unfortunately you ca n't erm ca n't erm when I was giving this similar lecture two or three years ago , erm there was er a student in the class she put up her hand she said yes , she said that 's absolutely right she said , what you 're saying about the female does n't have to submit she said I used to work as a , as a stable maid at Newmarket at a stud farm and she said er you 've got ta have five people for er er to cover a mare . |
| 24 | She put up a hand and tried to push him aside . |
| 25 | She put up a hand as if to ward him off , summoning every ounce from her reserves to say lightly , ‘ Of course we 'll talk . |
| 26 | That piece of information shook her so much that she put up no resistance to being led off , except to say , ‘ Where are we going ? ’ |