Example sentences of "she [adv] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she suddenly made up her mind . |
| 2 | She heard him mutter something which might have been a mild swear word as he studied the Dobermann 's handiwork , but , his examination over , she quickly pulled up her sock again , and just as quickly planted that foot alongside her other one . |
| 3 | Through her reins she felt the horse cock his jaw in the hope he could take hold completely , but having sat enough ‘ bolts ’ on both Buttons and Paintbox , Artemis was wise to this , and she quickly shortened up her reins and then relaxed them , confusing the horse quite deliberately . |
| 4 | It is like having an auntie in a way , but in other ways she is a mum because whenever it 's anything special , she always sends up something ... but it 's as I said before , like an auntie . |
| 5 | Then she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair , the solemn wide-eyed child watching her every movement . |
| 6 | She also gave up her profession to educate the girls . |
| 7 | She even makes up her own songs , ’ Yasmin says . |
| 8 | ‘ She looked at her step-mother but uttered not a single word ; she simply picked up our big drap-de-dames green shawl ( it 's a shawl we all use , a drap-de-dames one ) , and covered her head and face entirely with it ad lay down on the bed with her face to the wall , ad her little shoulders and her whole body were trembling . ' |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a very tempting offer , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke was saying as she expertly took up her soup without slurping it . |
| 10 | But she never pulled up her ankle socks , and it drove her mother to distraction . |