Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she but I 'm trying to think what she phoned me up for . |
| 2 | She phoned me up at home on a Sunday , asking |
| 3 | No I was talking to Julie yesterday , she phoned me up at the |
| 4 | And erm she phoned me up on the Sunday . |
| 5 | Well we have done I felt sorry cos I had n't really when she phoned me up over there I was up I thought oh my God ! |
| 6 | She holds it up in different lights and tries to con its meaning . |
| 7 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ She beats us up for kicks . ’ |
| 9 | I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " . |
| 10 | She levered herself up on an elbow , gazing down at his handsome , tanned face . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 12 | By this time Mum is worried about me , but she covers it up by joking . |
| 13 | Then she drew him up to her , and lowered her own head to take him in her mouth , her tongue darting out in tender forays at the base of his penis , stroking his belly with her hair as her teeth gently nibbled his manhood . |
| 14 | With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him . |
| 15 | She drew herself up to her full height , hands on hips ; quite a figure . |
| 16 | So , ’ she drew herself up to her full height , her tight black dress clasping her full figure as though the material was pasted to her , ‘ so , ’ she repeated , ‘ I opened it to check the photograph and saw it was Ed Riverton 's . |
| 17 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 18 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 19 | Looking very much like the arrogant duchess he had once accused her of being , despite her wet and muddy state , she drew herself up to her full height , and stated with flat finality , ‘ You can both do as you please regarding the land . |
| 20 | She drew herself up to her full height . |
| 21 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 22 | She gobbled him up with it . |
| 23 | In answer she lifted herself up on tiptoe and leaned against his tall , firm frame . |
| 24 | She lifted herself up on one elbow and looked down at his , at his face drawn with sorrow and the love that would sacrifice itself for her selfishness — and so needlessly . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | While she measured him up for size , her fingers trailed the tape measure precariously into his crotch . |
| 27 | Lyn took one of the gravel paths into the grounds of the general hospital , walking towards the sun that dazzled her eyes so that she screwed them up against it . |
| 28 | After that , she showed him up into a chamber at the top of the house . |
| 29 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |
| 30 | So if our mum had cut it up into twelve pieces and then only three people wanted pizza so she cut it up into twelve twelfths and then said who wants pizza and only three people wanted pizza she 'd now have to put some of these twelfths back together again then and just three of us how many twelfths would we get ? |