Example sentences of "[noun sg] up and [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick glance up and down the wharf showed no sign of Cliff Barrett . |
| 2 | My brother and I used to sit together and drive this old horse up and down the field and throw the hay all over the place to get the sun . |
| 3 | Tuppe sat in the front passenger seat brrrming the toy car up and down the dashboard . |
| 4 | The simplest approach is to look at it as a device that moves your weight up and down the board . |
| 5 | You appear to be in some sort of surreal shopping mall , with the world 's TV laid out for purchase : you almost feel like you should have a shopping trolley , to wheel up and down the aisles . |
| 6 | This was the traditional end to the race before the last stage was moved in 1975 to provide the spectacle of the bronzed and battle-weary riders in a final surge up and down the Champs Elysées . |
| 7 | This staggered Mrs Funnell into silence , and her feelings were registered on her grim face as she watched this husband and wife whom she had never liked , classing them as common , dragging the almost inert figure up and down the bedroom . |
| 8 | The rails run longitudinally down the plane , transverse to the length of the tanks , which travel broadside up and down the incline . |
| 9 | It would have been enormous fun , she thought wistfully , to help work Water Gypsy up and down the canal system . |
| 10 | John assured me that it did n't matter in the least , and amused himself by taxying the machine up and down the runways , testing and running-in the VW engine at the same time . |
| 11 | Guiding the plough and following the team up and down the field over the uneven ground was very hard and tiring work . |
| 12 | They had had four years ' grind up and down the country with uncomfortable lodgings , often very bad theatres and performing the same limited repertoire week after week , month after month . |
| 13 | Sailing takes place up and down the east coast . |
| 14 | I indicated my chest and made like the Happy Wanderer up and down the terrace . |
| 15 | Charles defended the man stoutly , and asked instead , what the hell the driver thought he had been doing careering up and down the lochside like that . |
| 16 | Since then she had followed Goshawk Squadron up and down the line , moving from hospital to hospital . |
| 17 | Several of the original Hanworth Aeroncas are still in existence up and down the UK , stored in all sorts of unlikely places . |
| 18 | Occasionally they gave a perfunctory look up and down the carriage , but they had obviously wilted with the tedium of the journey and the foul air . |
| 19 | Along with the clatter of clunk-clicking up and down the nation this week , there have been the usual apocryphal murmurings about the dangers of seat belts . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Snowy-white and jet black lambs , they suckled vigorously with much ecstatic tail-wagging ; bleated , chased each other up and down the slopes , got lost , and again bothered their patient , plodding mothers . |
| 22 | But the hierarchy was far from rigid , and it was possible to move a certain distance up and down the ladder ; possible , and common . |
| 23 | Many an old street name up and down the country was lost in this way during the course of the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | I wish I could believe he 'd come by it honestly , driving his lorry up and down the Great North Road . ’ |
| 25 | Your card will be recognised at every participating Shell Station up and down the country . |
| 26 | Neil adds that they 've collected money for charity up and down the mountains and its restored his faith in human nature |
| 27 | So long as there is uncertainty about the matter , that must have a bearing on whether enforcement proceedings are taken by the Attorney-General up and down the country in a necessarily very large number of cases . |
| 28 | He acted as the focal point for the enthusiasm of many hundreds of volunteer workers of every social background up and down the country . |
| 29 | Also , I employed my usual technique of talking a quick walk up and down the field in parallel lines and with my detector switched on . |
| 30 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |