Example sentences of "she [vb -s] [pers pn] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turns me up , she looks so bleeding bored all day . " |
| 2 | She builds it up . |
| 3 | She holds it up in different lights and tries to con its meaning . |
| 4 | When Eddie gets the brush off from his new female boss ( the very wonderful Robin Givens ) , director Reggie Hudlin cues up comic reversals ( she stands him up , drops in for a quick fuck , he bleats about commitment ) , which may not quite reflect the complexity of modern sex wars ( no mention of Aids here ) but are still funny . |
| 5 | She is patting Xanthe softly now , dreamily , and she stands her up and drops the nightdress with the rabbits over the little girl 's head , and turns her to fasten the top pearl button at the back . |
| 6 | Cos she beats me up ! |
| 7 | Moll 's denunciation of Laxton before she beats him up shows that the thrashing is partly in revenge for his not untypical masculine blend of misogyny and licentiousness ( cf. ii . |
| 8 | ‘ She beats us up for kicks . ’ |
| 9 | She looks me up and down and says , ‘ I 'm Mr Newbegin 's wife . ’ |
| 10 | By this time Mum is worried about me , but she covers it up by joking . |
| 11 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 12 | I said I wish I could happy go lucky like that I do n't think she re , she rings me up , you do n't wan na ring me ! |
| 13 | Er , she rings me up to tell me to ring her back up |
| 14 | And I feel really guilty , I think oh I better bring her in and then she wakes me up at six o'clock bouncing on the bed ! |
| 15 | I bet she keeps you up to the mark . |
| 16 | Twice a day she swims and sometimes when she 's tired , she wonders why she keeps it up ; but the answer to that is she enjoys it so much . |
| 17 | She takes it up , the partners disengage and go their separate ways . |
| 18 | A bit of a slapper she 's not very dapper she takes it up her crapper neighbours everybody needs good neighbours with a little understanding . |
| 19 | She tugs it up . |
| 20 | Well , she phones me up to say could she bring a friend home for Christmas . |
| 21 | Here 's another joke : ‘ She calls me up and says , ‘ Get over here . |
| 22 | that 's right she picks her up cos you 're out on Wednesday night |
| 23 | She picks it up and she tried to get in the bath with some of my daughters the other day . |
| 24 | eight forty five she cues you up |
| 25 | She puts it up in a bun and things like that . |
| 26 | Stevie says that grieving is an important part of bereavement and that if she bottles it up it will only be worse later . |
| 27 | She sums it up well . |
| 28 | If she locks him up he climbs out of the window . ’ |
| 29 | Well she says she likes it up there . |
| 30 | She bolsters him up and feeds his ego and tells him he 's wonderful — is it kind ? |