Example sentences of "she [verb] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She doubled up in pain , and rested her forehead on the carpeted floor . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going to the tourist office right now , to see if there 's anywhere I can stay tonight — ’ A sea of uplifted faces swam into her vision , and she coloured up with embarrassment . |
| 3 | She sits up in bed for a moment , doing some complicated breathing and flexing of the abdominal muscles , learned in yoga classes , to calm herself . |
| 4 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 5 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 6 | Sometimes it would be Bessie , Billie , names we 'd all heard before and knew about ; her favourite fistful , the one she would recite just before she got up on stage , was Mae , Marie , Maria , Anna Mae B , La Miss , Marian … |
| 7 | He even made a pot of tea and poured her a cup when she got up for work . |
| 8 | And I get it green for when she stands up in class . |
| 9 | The full impact of it seemed to come from the roof , and was so strong that she jerked up in bed . |
| 10 | ‘ Strange how often she crops up in conversation . |
| 11 | she woke up at quarter to five . |
| 12 | She woke up in bed with a man with a red beard , but from the snide remarks and sideways looks of those fellow guests who were still there in the morning gathered that he had not been her only partner of the night . |
| 13 | At last , worn out , she tiptoed up to bed , but she was too tired to sleep . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , sir , I went down to see Claudia Cohn-Casson , the anthropologist , whom I have known slightly on and off , whenever she came up to town , over the last few years . ’ |
| 15 | She came up in front of my parents and said : ‘ Would you like to take this home , put a sample in it and we 'll do a sperm count for you ? ’ |
| 16 | The child was an expense , of course , but she seemed up to date with her garments , her school trips . |
| 17 | She would see it when she climbed up to bed that night . |
| 18 | The owner of the London stage school which she attends said she turned up to school every day with the right lunch money and with her uniform clean . |
| 19 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 20 | Ten-year-old Opal ( Gaby Hoffmann ) and 15-year-old Erica ( Samantha Mathis ) simmer with resentment at their mother 's abandonment and completely flip their tiny lids when she takes up with talent spotter Arnold Moss ( Dan Aykroyd ) . |
| 21 | A year later , she finished up in hospital , sick and disillusioned , rejected by the so-called friends she had picked up along the way . |
| 22 | She glanced up with dread and peered into the sea of faces that was watching her with curiosity . |
| 23 | ‘ Put me down , you lecherous old goat ! ’ she said with a laugh , and , pushing him away , she straightend up in time to see That Man emerge from Jim 's old office with Ben Bradshaw , the senior registrar . |
| 24 | She pulled up in front of the massive Moorish-style stone mansion that was Fernando Serra 's home , and Maria Luisa 's , of course . |
| 25 | She curled up to tourniquet her laughter . |
| 26 | As she curled up in bed once more she reflected that it would be very nice to have a third person in the house , quite apart from the fact that Gay was her best friend . |
| 27 | Perplexed , she looked up into Dane 's face . |
| 28 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 29 | Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows . |
| 30 | She looked up in surprise ; she swallowed her mouthful of chocolate digestive , and tried to stand up . |