Example sentences of "she [vb past] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | While they were steaming on top of the savoury liquid she whipped up a small quantity of French dressing , sprinkled it on shredded lettuce and tomato slices , then added grated cheese and made some sandwiches . |
2 | From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile , still angry she had allowed this aggravating man to get beneath her defences . |
3 | She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him . |
4 | She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds . |
5 | Then it was Sue 's turn , and she opened up a shimmering square of silk scarf , which had been flattened to the size of an envelope and now expanded and billowed across the table like the sail of a brilliant ship . |
6 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
7 | Now she has moved on again — in late October she took up a new appointment in Rotherham . |
8 | Grinning , she took up a seductive pose and started to wriggle her hips for him , swirling round sensually and then slowly undoing the clasp at her back . |
9 | She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back . |
10 | She sent up a brief prayer of thanks that her shift was still dry , although it could hardly be described as a significant covering . |
11 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
12 | She kept up a running commentary as she chased him 50 yards across Lawrence Road before collapsing in a pool of blood . |
13 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
14 | She Dreamed up a new hobby for the Mayor , collecting antique paperweights , and made good use of them . |
15 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |
16 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
17 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
18 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
19 | Debbie 's lawyer , John Christiansen , said she can claim half their assets , because she gave up a promising tennis career for Fred 's sake . |
20 | She summoned up a weak smile . |
21 | She summoned up a little fight then . |
22 | Pulling on a warm suede jacket , she summoned up a lukewarm smile as he strode into the room , instantly dominating the place with his presence . |
23 | The Lewis Carroll logic of this was too much for her ; she ran up a white flag , acknowledging defeat . |
24 | She picked up a small piece of paper lying beside her and began turning it over and over in her fingers . |
25 | She picked up a small flowerpot-shaped lump of earth . |
26 | She picked up a small statuette which he had n't been aware of before . |
27 | In the decaying ward of an AIDS hospital , she picked up a dying seven-year-old boy and cuddled him to her . |
28 | Without pausing for wisecracks , she picked up a cheap map . |
29 | She picked up a few more guns from corpses , and did n't feel naked any more . |
30 | She picked up a large , enamelled kettle from the fender and went into the scullery to fill it . |