Example sentences of "[vb past] her [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 2 | At the same time her deep sense of duty and obligation impelled her to keep up appearances for the sake of the public . |
| 3 | I had arrived up at the office one morning to relieve Freda from night duty , and found her sitting up there looking pleased with herself and Jim looking solemn . |
| 4 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 5 | I helped her keep up the house . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh-Dave-you-silly ! ’ she half-panted , half-laughed , hopping towards him as he retreated , holding her at arm 's length , but did n't finish for he let her catch up , caught all her weight to his body and kissed her passionately . |
| 7 | She just gave a dirty chuckle but later , in the hospitality room , I noticed her glossing up , and then she marched up , got hold of my face and planted a great magenta smacker on my cheek , and held it there for several seconds . |
| 8 | After putting her hat and coat back on , she looked in the mirror , and she twisted her face up and stabbed her fingers towards her reflection as she said , ‘ That is n't me ! |
| 9 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |
| 10 | Jesus took the little girl by the hand and told her to get up . |
| 11 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 12 | She plonked herself firmly down on it , flicked off her shoes , and hitched her dress up delicately , first across one thigh , then the other , as she unpopped her stockings , rolled them swiftly down , and plucked them from her feet . |
| 13 | He allowed her to sit up . |
| 14 | She took a couple of mansized swigs , screwed her face up slightly then leaned back beside him . |
| 15 | She turned her face up for his kiss , her heart singing within her as their lips met in a caress that was both healing and passionate . |
| 16 | Miguel took her chin in his hand and tipped her face up towards him . |
| 17 | Stuck her left up to scratch sit good girl |
| 18 | In the evening , Mrs Hollidaye taught her to play Up Jenkins and dominoes and spillikins on a low table by the fire . |
| 19 | When Nathan ordered her to set up and engage the auto-helm she tried , desperately searching a mind that had gone totally blank for the sequence which would ensure that the boat remained on course . |
| 20 | ‘ I want nothing left here that David Bellamy would n't approve of , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke ordered as the wind whisked her flounces up to display her silk Marks & Spencer camiknicks with elasticated waist and cotton-lined double gusset . |
| 21 | I asked Suzannah what prompted her to go up to town tonight . |
| 22 | She pulled her dress up over her face and looked at the sun as it washed into the cotton . |
| 23 | She gasped and pulled her covers up around her chin . |
| 24 | His eyes warned her to shut up , not to probe further . |
| 25 | But she knew that Lizzy appreciated her turning up , and that her reputation as a DI had not suffered because of her being a mother . |
| 26 | I needed her cheered up in the office . |
| 27 | He watched her sit up and flick the ash on to the floor . |
| 28 | Fascinated , Dr Neil , who had opened the bag and was beginning to pull out strange-looking forceps and a bottle of chloroform , watched her lift up her black skirt to reveal a spotless white petticoat , from which she cut a large square which she placed on the grimy table , having first cleared to one side the used cups and plates covered in half-eaten food . |
| 29 | For Jean Henderson , who entered the trade in the 1890s , it was perhaps , her daughter thinks , the orphanage with its " feminist " matron that urged her to take up what in later life she felt to be an intellectual calling . |
| 30 | He urged her face up , until their eyes met and he smiled , showing a glimpse of even , white teeth . |