Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | If a character does fall , a second successful I test is required ( Acrobatics +10 , Scale Sheer Surface +10 ) to avoid sliding off the path and down the scree-slope , taking D3 S 1 hits in the process and coming to rest 2D10 yards away . |
| 62 | Every Tuesday her fat little fingers flew like birds up and down the keys of the piano . |
| 63 | They moved up and down the keys . |
| 64 | Crouched low to the ground , Zambia fled across the yard and down the alley at the back . |
| 65 | He wrote : ‘ It is like a vast supermarket in which absentmindedly , yet intent on what we are doing , we push our shopping trolleys up one aisle and down the other , while death and alienation have the run of the place . ’ |
| 66 | A quick glance up and down the wharf showed no sign of Cliff Barrett . |
| 67 | It had rained heavily during the night — a sudden downpour which had filled the gutters and drains which supplied the city 's water catchment system — so that when dawn broke it could be seen that many of the drapes and festoons over archways and down the faces of stands and platforms had been torn from the frames by the weight of the water which had soaked them . |
| 68 | Out of the room and into the hallway , along the hallway and up to the door , out of the door and down the driveway … |
| 69 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 70 | Tuppe sat in the front passenger seat brrrming the toy car up and down the dashboard . |
| 71 | Walking in this area is very extensive , and it ranges from gentle strolls around the lake , to strenuous hikes up and down the mountains : walking maps can be obtained at the local tourist office . |
| 72 | Neil adds that they 've collected money for charity up and down the mountains and its restored his faith in human nature |
| 73 | Dyson lingered , and he and Lewis found still more to say to one another , strolling up and down the cloister of New Buildings . |
| 74 | Up and down the lawn he walks with cycling hands |
| 75 | Sometimes the tribe 's Big'uns recognised their old leader as he stomped up and down the battle lines bawling at his lads . |
| 76 | 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 . |
| 77 | Abruptly he left her , the bed lifting as he rose , and began to stride up and down the floor while Meredith frantically searched for her own clothes , her eyes warily on him . |
| 78 | It lumbered its way up and down the ramp systems , infiltrating the DEEP living spaces . |
| 79 | They were both notorious for racing up and down the Strip on their motorbikes or in flash sports cars . |
| 80 | I had an idea that I should make a show of dignity and tried to do this by looking straight ahead , as if the crowds moving up and down the platform were beneath my notice . |
| 81 | He had dropped into a thick Geordie twang and , after laughing , he looked up and down the platform now , saying , ‘ We must be the only ones expecting a passenger . ’ |
| 82 | Passengers went to the open doors and looked up and down the platform , trying to make out why they were stuck there , but no one looked up on to the roof of the car . |
| 83 | He begins to pace restlessly up and down the platform , his pacings taking him nearer and nearer to the tunnel at the end . |
| 84 | We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out ‘ Banbury cakes ! |
| 85 | They slapped their way hastily along the wet pavements , into the main road , up one block and down the side-road that flanked the cinema . |
| 86 | ‘ I 'm damned sure it was an attempt to kill Tweed , ’ Kuhlmann told Newman as they again strolled up and down the concourse of the main station . |
| 87 | She slowed and turned right crossing the Chemin de BelleFontaine and down the Route de la Capite , upwards off the main highway and into the Chemin Faguillon . |
| 88 | The evidence that there had been an intruder was slight but all the same his senses tingled as he walked quietly through the hall , past the staircase and down the passage that led to Jacob 's bed-sitter . |
| 89 | I scrambled back down the ratlines , rushed to the cockpit and down the companionway hatch . |
| 90 | There would be pyres up and down the Dales and himself lighting them , redeeming the people . |