Example sentences of "she [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |
| 2 | She , one day she tell me dat she saw a ghost — or somefing like a ghost , a person who come in the house — she tell me she pick up a brick and break i bones — de ting run like she no know what . |
| 3 | In their place she pinned up a poster of a starving black child and a chart which eventually recorded a handsome donation to the Biafran famine relief fund , amassed by the girls from a summer fair , Christmas carol-singing and a sponsored fast during which Suzie Chamfer histrionically fainted in the lavatories . |
| 4 | She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee . |
| 5 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 6 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 7 | But then her common sense took over , and she dredged up a smile . |
| 8 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
| 9 | She holds up a Waitrose bag . |
| 10 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 11 | In the rear of their hut his wife was bending over a bowl of water , naked to the waist , washing herself , and she snatched up a towel to cover her bare breasts when she heard Loc hiss a sudden warning . |
| 12 | She snatched up a towel and went to the entryphone . |
| 13 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 14 | Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times . |
| 15 | One night he nearly caught her , so she climbed up a lamppost. and waited until he had gone . |
| 16 | She threw up a hand , laughing as Theda 's lips tightened . |
| 17 | She threw up a hand in a gesture of exasperation . |
| 18 | She conjures up a place to balance against the freezing and breaking of the present . |
| 19 | She walked up a gravel drive crowded with large cars , past an old-fashioned wooden pavilion and two clay tennis courts , ignored the adult game going on in front of her and started around the boundary to the second and much smaller game in the far corner . |
| 20 | She pulled up a chair and patted it invitingly . |
| 21 | Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell . |
| 22 | She picks up a cigarette , and lights it . |
| 23 | Rising to her feet , she gathered up a sheaf of files . |
| 24 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 25 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 26 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 27 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 28 | Still riding the crest of that foaming wave , she took up a microphone one day and sang an old classic , which caught the ear of a sharp record producer who would very soon launch her as a pop star . |
| 29 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |
| 30 | Then she reached up a hand and stroked his hair gently . |