Example sentences of "she gathered up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gathered up the bags and pushed them towards the child ; and when he reluctantly handed her the two pennies she said , ‘ Thank you very much . |
| 2 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 3 | Lucien watched her as she gathered up the sticks . |
| 4 | Slowly , like a sleepwalker , she gathered up the torn , bruised straw and the scraps of ribbon from the bed and the floor , and put them in the hatbox . |
| 5 | Jumping defiantly onto Grace 's deck , she gathered up the surprised Stripey and hugged her close . |
| 6 | She preserved a dignified silence as she gathered up the trailing dressing-gown in one hand and kept the other on the rail attached to the wall on one side of the staircase . |