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

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1 I mean the Bradford Dukes always win at Bradford because I 've heard on the grapevine , not from me , that they 've got little bumps round the bends and they fill them in and only the Bradford riders know whereabouts they are , so they skirt round them .
2 We both got our heads down and then a scratching noise started up Steve is that you ?
3 there was this witch doctor and Scooby Doo was — he was standing by the witch doctor and the witch doctor went in and he went — he went chasing him Scooby Doo went in the cupboard with Shaggy and got some clothes on and they were acting on and then the witch doctor pressed the button and they turned on again then and then Scooby was acting and then they just take him and he keeped on switching it until they all came round and the all clothes fell off him .
4 Where the great lake joined the river , at Drumshanbo , we headed directly southward and soon were in neat white Leitrim Village , a row of houses up and down a hillside street .
5 Once they are set up and down the field groups can be interlocked , and figures united by gesture and look .
6 Once , on a tour of the Middle East , the gentlemen of the orchestra were watching him swim — cigar in place — up and down the hotel pool .
7 As we togged up and down the Seefeld baby slopes learning how to sno-plough and how to get up when you failed to sno-plough , it became apparent that this was , with or without ganglion , perhaps not going to be Jack 's Number One sport .
8 His hearty voice was soon familiar to and popular with many thousands of listeners up and down the west coast and he invariably ended his broadcasts with a special Good-Night wish to a different section of the community each evening , such as to June brides , to lighthouse keepers ‘ out there in the dark ’ , or to all dentists who might be ‘ looking down in the mouth ’ .
9 Thousands of fans up and down the country plan one minute 's peaceful demonstration to coincide with weekend kickoffs .
10 Up and down the country mini-celebrations occurred in what the official guide called in that unmistakeable paternalistic tone of the period , ‘ spontaneous expressions of citizenship ’ .
11 Up and down the country factory meetings debated the agreements and rejected them overwhelmingly .
12 Up and down the country people ring me up and say they 'd like to modify their glider .
13 The two great detectives prowled up and down the village street dogged by the two official policemen .
14 At one point in Maus II , Vladek 's wife Anja plays a murderous game of hide-and-seek , chased up and down the bunk beds of a vast , empty Auschwitz barracks by a guard reduced in close-up to a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout ( Poles are pigs in a world where Jews are mice efficiently exterminated by German cats ) .
15 Outside the Company Office , Charles was given a walking stick and marched up and down the stone courtyard with other officers between the granary in which the platoons were barracked and long low buildings nearby , previously the administrative block and now being used for the same purpose in military terms .
16 Sometimes the tribe 's Big'uns recognised their old leader as he stomped up and down the battle lines bawling at his lads .
17 It lumbered its way up and down the ramp systems , infiltrating the DEEP living spaces .
18 The two men had gone out at dawn each morning , and for five consecutive days their huers had run up and down the cliff paths , whistling and signalling with flags and gorse bushes to guide the two fleets to the shoals ; and while everyone in Polruan had confidently expected Sam Gristy to win hands down , it now looked as though Harry had the edge .
19 The great Merseyside Survey of the 1930s carried out from Liverpool University was mainly concerned with unemployment and poverty and , like many local social surveys carried out up and down the United Kingdom , sought to measure the incidence of certain social problems with a view to providing sound empirical data upon which local and central social policy could be based .
20 I started up the bagpipes and was soon under way , marching up and down the church hall .
21 The passing out parade was held on Saturday , 23 February 1918 , which ended with Charlie marching his section up and down the parade ground keeping step with the regimental band , and for the first time feeling like a soldier even if Tommy still resembled a sack of potatoes .
22 The mouth emptied and Martin knelt between the open legs , his hands running up and down the thighs hair under his hands bristling and tickling almost .
23 Up and down the City Road ,
24 Up and down the lift shafts , in and out of the telephone switchboard … . ’
25 Tony 's fingers moved up and down the piano keys .
26 I wish I could believe he 'd come by it honestly , driving his lorry up and down the Great North Road . ’
27 This option enables you to display a list of a user 's immediate relations , both up and down the family tree .
28 She had done a total of 62 test runs , past the measured mile up and down the Baltic Sea coast near the port of Kiel , with a full load of coal ( 350 tonnes ) .
29 Sailing takes place up and down the east coast .
30 The old barges , who had once beaten their way up and down the East coast and the Channel ports , grumbled and heaved at their cables while their new owners sat back in peace .
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