Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Replacing the bowls , they pedalled on down the steep hill and up the next . |
| 2 | Then you ride out alone , across the springing grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers ; you ride up the rushy mountains and down the rushy glens and come to the mouth of the dragon 's cave . |
| 3 | Sam had blood on his white jacket and down the white ruffles . |
| 4 | We walked on until we reached an unlit stretch of the Corniche , then climbed over a low wall and down the short slope to the river 's edge where we were out of sight of the sentries . |
| 5 | The small round window looked down over Knockglen , along the tree-lined drive of the convent through the big gates and down the broad main street of the town . |
| 6 | He glanced sideways , his gaze travelling from her honey-blonde head and down the violet cashmere serape which topped a black turtle-neck sweater and pencil-slim leggings . |
| 7 | FROM WHICHEVER direction you approach Mothecombe , whether along the winding wooded valley beside the ever widening River Erme , or down the road from Battisborough Cross and through the clumps of hydrangeas , or by sea around Butcher 's Cove to its sandy bay and up the secret combe strewn with bluebells and daffodils , the first sight of it takes your breath away . |
| 8 | After lunch we took one of the trains hauled by 1618 which took us to Horsted Keynes and up the new extension to New Coombe Bridge . |
| 9 | Cranston made the man repeat the message as he reluctantly took than out of the main hall and up the wide , spacious stairs to one of the duke 's private chambers . |