Example sentences of "she [vb past] up [art] [noun sg] " 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 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 .
12 Recklessly she built up the lie , agitatedly aware that she was protesting too much in her desperation but unable to prevent herself .
13 She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche .
14 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 .
15 She snatched up a towel and went to the entryphone .
16 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 .
17 Without thinking she snatched up the phone again and quickly tapped out the apartment number .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 She snatched up the receiver and sat wetly on the bed .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs .
24 How easily he could dissemble , Merrill thought wearily as she drew up the chair and prepared to take his dictation .
25 She dished up the meal and carefully avoided his eyes .
26 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 .
27 God , thought Madame , when she added up the night 's takings , one week I should write down who 's having who as well as who 's drinking what .
28 Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope .
29 Her thoughts were on the fact that it would be three months before she could move into her new abode , as she drove up the avenue .
30 Yes we used to go to see her , and she came up a couple of times .
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