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Example sentences of "walk up and [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ I do n't care for myself , ’ he tells Felicity , walking up and down the kitchen as she prepares dinner .
2	‘ But you must know ! ’ says Howard to Felicity , walking up and down the living-room and clutching an amazed hand to his forehead .
3	Two buskers were playing banjos , walking up and down the line , while a dwarf scampered in and out of the waiting cinema-goers with an outstretched hand , cajoling money from the queue .
4	‘ For the option , ’ Howard explained to Felicity , walking up and down the terrace , frowning seriously , with the setting sun flashing in a thousand windows of the city behind him , ‘ they 're paying … 30.000,00 .
5	Her eldest brother Mickey was walking up and down the room talking , his face set in a dark scowl .
6	Customers collect a basket or trolley at the entrance and then walk up and down the aisles selecting goods .
7	I ca n't bear people who walk up and down the room all the time . ’
8	He jumps up and begins to walk up and down the terrace .
9	Paul could not keep still in his place ; he pushed back his chair , left the food on his plate , and began to walk up and down the room .
10	But he has time to walk up and down the room only five times , telling Felicity what Prue said , before the phone rings again .
11	He walked up and down the streets while rage grew in him steadily , then made his way to Emily 's .
12	Dyson walked up and down the bedroom in his overcoat , making large gestures , and trailing in his wake the cosy smell of digested alcohol .
13	Seru walked up and down the room .
14	The young man walked up and down the room .
15	Dorian walked up and down the room .
16	Basil got up and walked up and down the garden .
17	You 're just trying to amuse me — to set it up for me so that I can walk up and down the room gasping and shouting ‘ I do n't believe it ! ’
18	And he called President Bush a ‘ madman ’ who ‘ walks up and down the White House gardens in terror , moves forward like a lunatic , gazes with staring eyes ’ .