Example sentences of "her [noun] up and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held her fingers up and snapped them but her snap was n't a patch on his . |
| 2 | During the week , whenever they were out , she insisted that she roll her hair up and put it under the cap . |
| 3 | That means she 'll make her mind up and tell us , yeah we 'll make our minds up , the royal we |
| 4 | She screwed her eyes up and pretended she saw evening coming on . |
| 5 | Nicola worked backwards on the bed until she was resting against the wall ; she pulled her knees up and clasped them . |
| 6 | Her hobbies are reading and gardening , and she intends to relax , put her feet up and enjoy her retirement . |
| 7 | She brought her arms up and pulled his hands from her throat . |
| 8 | She put her arms up and held him close to her . |
| 9 | She put her hand up and eased his fingers off . |
| 10 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 11 | Emma did n't answer , but she put her hand up and pulled her scarf tightly around her throat as if it would stop the throbbing that was coming up from between her ribs and aiming to choke her . |
| 12 | She turned towards him on the pew and put her hands up and caught his collar . |
| 13 | Joe said he liked the sound of that , and could she bring her Bovril up and drink it while having a chat with the young woman who was resting her sprained ankle on his bed ? |
| 14 | Turning from the window , Polly picked her bag up and opened it on the desk . |