Example sentences of "[conj] then down " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden change of éaulement , an unusual turn in-out of legs or arms , or quick jumps up and then down to the floor followed by a roll over or even a somersault can accentuate the particular place that unusual movement has in the whole design . |
| 2 | His mouth trembling , he looked at them both and then down at the knife-edge creases in his trousers . |
| 3 | So he and his rider galloped up a long hill and then down a longer hill and then up another hill and so on without a break for eight exhausting miles , and the more his rider puffed and gasped for breath , the more he enjoyed himself and the faster he went ! |
| 4 | Standing on the battlements waving the galley goodbye , Elizabeth looked down — down the wall , and then down again . |
| 5 | Tweed 's finger traced a route through Liège to the east and then down through the Ardennes , a remote hilly district . |
| 6 | Then brush your hands , up the arms , front and back , across the shoulders , down the chest ( avoiding the nipples if you are a woman ) and then down the back of the neck to the upper back . |
| 7 | As you do so , take your arms up and then down to rest on the floor above your head . |
| 8 | In it he envisaged linking the two seas to generate electricity , based on the proposals of the engineer Max Bourcart , who wanted the canal to run from Haifa Bay , through the Bet Shean Valley , and then down the Jordan Valley . |
| 9 | They galloped into Leith , up its narrow winding streets , across the cobbled market-place where Corbett had met Bruce 's retainers , and then down to the quayside . |
| 10 | Items of trade destined for southern Germany now had to be transported across the Corridor and then down the length of Germany . |
| 11 | Jack looked at their terrified eyes and then down at the computer screen . |
| 12 | Go right and collect the painting , go left , down , and right along the passage , go down and left along the passage , go down and right along the passage , fall down the gap , and then down again into the clouds , go back to the start , go right and down , go left to the switch , go up on the painted walls , go left and collect the painting , fall down , go right and up on the stairs from the cauldron , go right and into the painting board to complete the level . |
| 13 | Push the crate left to hit the switch , go down , collect the star and fly up , left and then down , go left , collect the star , fly straight right , then fly up , land on one of the platforms on the side of the wall , jump up and go right on the chair-lifts , go down , right through the wall , climb up the blocks , push the crate down two platforms and go back through the wall , go left , down , right and jump onto the boat , go right , up and left into the tent to complete the game . |
| 14 | Slowly up from the ankle and then down again . |
| 15 | There are also a restaurant and bar at the swimming pool complex , which is reached through the hotel gardens and then down in a lift . |
| 16 | From Harrop Tarn the packhorse route leads on to Blea Tarn ( 1.5 miles ) and then down to the small hamlet of Watendlath ( 2 miles ) , situated at the end of a narrow valley next to a small tarn . |
| 17 | Yet each time that third line came round the tune seemed to gather itself up and find new energy from somewhere , and perhaps it did n't fall quite so far each time in the fourth , and Tabitha was captivated despite herself , watching the pretty man play and wondering how he would end it , how he could ever resolve the disagreement between the rush and the ebb , until she realized suddenly that he had , with a quiet , lilting little rill that ran up and then down and flicked its tail and was gone . |
| 18 | From Fairfield walk south-east to Hart Crag ( 0.75 miles ) and then down to the gap between Hart Crag and Dove Crag ( 0.25 miles ) in the same direction . |
| 19 | To help the casualty get the tow rope aboard the lifeboat was manoeuvred ahead , and then down across the bows of the yacht . |
| 20 | Blackberry , alert and intelligent , looking first up and then down the ditch before he crossed it . |
| 21 | In this way , many birds ensure that they cross the Mediterranean at its narrowest point , the Straits of Gibraltar , or circumvent the sea altogether by travelling east into Asia across the Bosphorus and then down along the eastern shore of the sea by way of Israel . |
| 22 | He used the chainsword as a mountaineer uses an ice pick : he clung to the platform with his left hand , and brought the chainsword up and then down again , grinding it into the metal structure of the vehicle and pulling himself forward centimetre by centimetre . |
| 23 | Sunday morning , up bright and early for Sunday in those days , seven o'clock , out for a walk and then down to the church for choir . |
| 24 | The man was alone ; he looked alternately towards the house and then down , as if searching for something on the dashboard . |
| 25 | And then down again to begin the circle over again . |
| 26 | They planned to visit the Rockies and fly on to Vancouver and then down into the States . |
| 27 | You walked out Glen Bainey into Loch Sheichernich and then down into Glen Shee , and er go out that way . |
| 28 | But this one came up over neck , over your neck , and then down here and strings there . |
| 29 | Nylon cord to equal the length of each vertical row of tape plus enough to thread across the top of the blind and out to one side , and then down one side . |
| 30 | With his other hand he slid one finger along the line of her temple , the slender arch of her neck , and then down along the soft swell of her breasts at the V-neckline of her dress , pausing at the small gold St Christopher gleaming against her freshly tanned skin , in the warm hollow of her cleavage . |