Example sentences of "[conj] down [prep] front " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 2 | In emergency the person in the seat next to you may be allowed to indicate ‘ slow down ’ by moving his straight right arm gently up and down in front of him ( not in front of you ! ) ; then you will find a place to pull in and stop . |
| 3 | The sound of deep singing died away , and as Doyle paced restlessly up and down in front of the Cathedral , he heard that noisy shuffling and murmur of conversation that told of the imminent debouchment of several hundred men and women of precise military bearing . |
| 4 | Nicandra jumped up and down in front of him , appearing from and disappearing into , the laurel leaves . |
| 5 | Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house . |
| 6 | No thought of food or drink now as Mandeville strode up and down in front of us , so angry he seemed impervious to the roaring flames of the fire . |
| 7 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |