Example sentences of "and down [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walk was a bit up hill and down dale and it rather tired me out . |
| 2 | For anyone on a long car journey , FM will never produce a solid clear path like the long-wave ( LW ) which carries Radio 4 the length and breadth of the land , up hill and down dale . |
| 3 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 4 | That meaning is in front of you — the Cross , like a magnet , dragging you up hill and down dale , a magnet that attracts not iron and steel , but suffering flesh and bone . |
| 5 | She was cursing poor old Reverend Marr up hill and down dale but I do n't reckon even grandma wanted him dead , ’ said the lad with relish . |
| 6 | The objective must be to keep it simple , yet allow adjustment for up and down inclination of the camera and rotary motion . |
| 7 | The brief was for current Elektra roster acts to interpret the creative outpourings of their predecessors on the label : the result is an excusably , and laudably , up and down affair , with pale recreations nestling up to inspired rethinks . |
| 8 | The brief was for current Elektra roster acts to interpret the creative outpourings of their predecessors on the label : the result is an excusably , and laudably , up and down affair , with pale recreations nestling up to inspired rethinks . |
| 9 | They 'll grass it this September — and down there- ’ she pointed to a wide area of churned up ground , where frozen water stood in ruts ’ — the adventure playground , with swings and slide and all that stuff , but a nice climbing frame and fort too . |
| 10 | The relationship between ants and other animals , particularly their farmed Homoptera feeding off the host plants is complicated in itself but , in the Old World Tropics , mosquitoes of the genus Malaya are associated in their habits with certain ants , which run up and down tree trunks carrying the honey-dew they have taken from their aphids . |
| 11 | You have to play each part very , very precisely , rhythmically , and it 's a kind of straight up and down rhythm playing style that I 've just not done . |
| 12 | ‘ But it 's such an up and down game that every manager in the league is looking for consistency . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But it 's such an up and down game that every manager in the league is looking for consistency . ’ |
| 14 | The SA system allows the shoulder straps to be adjusted up and down aluminium struts and held in place with straps and buckles , while the lumber support pad and hip belt remain stationary . |
| 15 | Down bags are usually more expensive than synthetic models but the weight to warmth ratio tends to be better and down bag can be packed very small . |
| 16 | EGF can start liver DNA synthesis when infused into intact rats and when added to primary hepatocyte in cultures — these events are associated with EGF receptor phosphorylation and down regulation ; EGF given to partially hepatectomised rats is targeted in enhanced amounts to the nucleus — the site of meximum hepatic uptake corresponds to those areas of the liver where regeneration is most active ; partial hepatectomy results in substantial down regulation of the EGF receptor . |
| 17 | There are three pairs of pads set into the surface of the tube ; one pair set on the top control the forward and backward motion , the second pair mounted on the side at the top control the up and down motion . |
| 18 | A previous study involving ferry passengers showed that it was the up and down movement of the ferry , not the side to side motion , that caused motion sickness . |
| 19 | The water pull is best visualised as a horizontal movement , not as a vertical up and down movement as viewed from the shore . |
| 20 | He had by now developed a routine that would never vary — a peculiar Kenneth Williams walk , prancing up and down stage with his bottom sticking out . |
| 21 | They made the obvious point that a commercial port is a 24-hour operation and would attract heavy goods vehicles up and down Bridge and Medway Roads at all hours . |