Example sentences of "down [conj] [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third reason for isostatic anomalies is that there are dynamic forces present in the sub-lithospheric mantle which are capable of actively dragging down or pushing up the lithosphere . |
| 2 | I mean any of us really could sit down and draw up a list of er of things where , if we , you know , a list of rules if e war for a very small subscription ornot many groups other and if everybody stuck by them , everything would be wonderful |
| 3 | See that would have to be all darkened down that See that light bit of the wood , that 's got to be all darkened down and brought up The colours is all sort of you see , matching and that . |
| 4 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 5 | It is n't because I keep on going down and filling up the metro with ten pounds worth of petrol and I 'm not making a a trip back and forth to work every day . |
| 6 | They leaped down and charged up the shore , yelling triumphantly . |
| 7 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 8 | He sliced round one side , then the other , removed two saucer-shaped pieces of rind from either end , made a transverse cut across the middle and gradually lifted the fruit from the peel , put it down and held up a pair of spectacles to Caterina 's face , two owl eyes of orange peel on a single stem . |
| 9 | The station had gone , too , and they 'd shut the line down and taken up the rails . |
| 10 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 11 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 12 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 13 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 14 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 15 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 16 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |
| 17 | Ripe time Assuming Mr Lawson has achieved a respectable fall in inflation , the time then really would be ‘ ripe ’ for full membership of the European Monetary System , since this would tend to drive interest rates down while holding up the pound . |