Example sentences of "up and [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not when he had looked forward to a brief glimpse of Araminta jumping up and down in the sea in a bathing dress . |
| 2 | ‘ For I am weary ’ , he wrote , ‘ with rowing up and down in the seas of questions , which the interests of Christendom have commenced , and in many propositions of which I am not certain that I am not deceived . ’ |
| 3 | Then abruptly I am back in real time , bobbing up and down in the river , powerless against its current . |
| 4 | After supper I walked up and down in the corridor for a bit . |
| 5 | From the pilot 's seat one gets an unusual view , through the ( intentional ) hole in the rocker cover , of the valves going up and down in the port cylinder . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , your turn , your turn , ’ chorused the other two shrilly , bobbing up and down in the bed . |
| 7 | The vicar paced behind , holding his prayer book , his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door . |
| 8 | The burn was swollen , the sheep in question bobbing up and down in the middle , apparently held there by something under the water . |
| 9 | You could have a lovely time bouncing up and down in the pulpit , screaming hell fire . ’ |
| 10 | ( ii ) Pipette embryos gently up and down in the solution and observe them under the microscope . |
| 11 | He explained that the lager was manufactured by the Danes , an ancient seafaring people , to be drunk straight out of the can , so that the bubbles would move straight up and down in the stomach to counteract the sideways rocking movement of the boat . |
| 12 | The box shows the current colour , containing the figure 1 , will adjust to the shade as you move the bars up and down in the paint pot . |
| 13 | " Later that evening , as El-ahrairah was urging his rabbits to growl more fiercely and run up and down in the marshes of Kelfazin , Prince Rainbow came over the river . |
| 14 | ‘ When they shake it up and down in the test-tube , it mixes it up like inside you does n't it ? ’ |
| 15 | She was pacing up and down in the house , was hostile to other family members and was shouting at voices that she ( and no-one else ) heard . |
| 16 | The crowds waved and cheered him on , the boats bobbing up and down in the estuary . |
| 17 | The foliage was achieved by allowing the cutter to run up and down in the timber . |