Example sentences of "she [vb past] up [art] [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 threaded up the machine with the right cotton for her curtains , arranged the material in the right position under the needle , and began to turn the handle of the machine . |
| 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 | With the speed and precision of an avenging angel , she swooped up the net and tipped out the three squirming occupants , watching with grim satisfaction as they darted away . |
| 5 | Passing me , she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again . |
| 6 | She made up a poem for the diamond diamond jubilee . |
| 7 | In the morning , she made up a cot for Oreste , placing on the pillow a small felt rabbit Pilade had once loved . |
| 8 | Rung by rung , she crept up the ladder . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But then her common sense took over , and she dredged up a smile . |
| 11 | She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice . |
| 12 | She phoned up the doctors and said she 'd make an appointment for me . |
| 13 | My mum right when I put my make-up on in the morning my mum said oh erm she went to the phone box and she phoned up the specialist and they said so I 've got ta go . |
| 14 | And she phoned up the Saturday , on Friday |
| 15 | Recklessly she built up the lie , agitatedly aware that she was protesting too much in her desperation but unable to prevent herself . |
| 16 | She beat up the eggs , splashed a drop or two on the lapel of her overcoat , and wiped it off carefully with her finger . |
| 17 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She snatched up a towel and went to the entryphone . |
| 20 | She snatched up the fern from the window sill and for a second Blanche expected it to soar through the air and sow its parched soil across the carpet . |
| 21 | Without thinking she snatched up the phone again and quickly tapped out the apartment number . |
| 22 | Embarrassment curled hotly through her as she remembered what she 'd read and she snatched up the case and marched towards the door , but it was n't that easy to push it from her mind , not when she remembered Luke Calder 's mockery . |
| 23 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 24 | She snatched up the receiver and sat wetly on the bed . |
| 25 | After two years of hectic creative activity , Jill Garner left the FYT team where , as Support and Resources Officer , she headed up the Jubilee Year programme and Development Appeal . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs . |
| 28 | How easily he could dissemble , Merrill thought wearily as she drew up the chair and prepared to take his dictation . |
| 29 | She dished up the meal and carefully avoided his eyes . |
| 30 | He held onto my suit while she added up the bill ( more than £20,1 could n't help noticing ) , took his money , gave him change , wrapped the flowers and poked them under his arm . |