Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was not really practical to operate it from his airstrip at Sutton Bridge , where the ‘ Me 108 ’ and Stearman were based , although the Corsair could easily be flown in and out on an occasional basis .
2 If they do , another injection , tube back down and back on the life-support machine .
3 They rolled over and over on the damp moss , exchanging blows and vile words until finally Topaz 's strength ran out .
4 When she reached a certain point it bent sharply and excitingly down , and she was soon enjoying the sensation of going up and down on a galloping pony .
5 A general wander up and down on a previous occasion had produced some interesting items , but I knew that the site had not seen past habitation .
6 It was like having jumped up and down on a beautiful springboard , relishing the thrill of the plunge into the deep roaring water , and then diving at last into an empty pool .
7 ‘ Why , Mummy , ’ the child was asking in the bath , tickling her little bottom moving up and down on the sandy deposit at the bottom of the bath until Tony had nowhere for his legs , ‘ when the sky is blue very very blue all over and you look at it is it white ? ’
8 A tiny , rotund figure was stamping up and down on the daubed green of the false ground , like a drunken redneck at a hoedown , or an aboriginal at a corroboree .
9 Street upon street of small Chinese shopfront , a Manhattan-like skyline and junks bobbing up and down on the busy harbour from indelible images of this British colony .
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