Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent their evenings together in a trattoria on the square beside the Ponte Milvio or down in Trastevere , before a couple of hours at his place , or half a night at her apartment . |
| 2 | two people to go to John , erm because erm , apart from anything else it was agreed John 's arm was twisted yesterday to take two people and g and the work but the issue is is that the K does n't , the issue is is that there is no budget anywhere for it either here or down in John 's area . |
| 3 | In Method B , the amount to be paid out is a predetermined pool of money adjusted up or down in line with the year 's change in profits . |
| 4 | Are you gon na get them down here or up in Newmarket ? |
| 5 | Scrolling a file within a window generates a series of ‘ plunks ’ going down or up in pitch . |
| 6 | So he did nothing for Mary or Rufus that morning , did not even seek them out , scarcely knew whether Rufus was still asleep on the terrace or back in bed with Mary , and when he found further sleep impossible because of his shivering body and pounding head , he sat in the kitchen making instant coffee for himself but took none up to them . |
| 7 | Out & about in Britain |
| 8 | OUT & ABOUT IN BRITAIN |
| 9 | Matthew Pinsent , the Boat Club President , says that when the alarm goes off , it 's hard to get up , but you know that over in Cambridge they are already up and lifting weights and something just kicks you into action . |
| 10 | The hat nodded up and down in gratitude . |
| 11 | Attlee commented at the 1943 party conference , ‘ As a matter of fact you can see the votes at byelections going up and down in accordance with the progress of our armies in Africa ’ . |
| 12 | Move up and down in water |
| 13 | " Shit-shit-shit , " he cried , and jumped up and down in unison with Nicandra 's unrestrained antics . |
| 14 | Her feather bobbed up and down in indignation as she talked , and Fowler , who had no wish to gaze into her eyes , found himself flinching instead at the sight of Paul Franklin 's bright yellow socks . |
| 15 | Cyclical industries — those in which cash flow bounces up and down in booms and slumps — lowered their debt-service ratio during the 1980s , from 20% in 1982 to around 13% by 1988 . |
| 16 | Ed bobbed up and down in fury . |
| 17 | The Palernians bounded up and down in excitement , flooding the raft and endangering their coolers . |
| 18 | Physical endurance can be increased as a result of the training effect of walking up and down in mountains . |
| 19 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 20 | Through the half-open door he could see an old man sharpening a cut-throat razor on a strap , stroking it up and down in rhythm . |
| 21 | There he remained , shrieking ‘ Ti-lo ! ’ , his chest heaving up and down in fright . |
| 22 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 23 | In emergency the person in the seat next to you may be allowed to indicate ‘ slow down ’ by moving his straight right arm gently up and down in front of him ( not in front of you ! ) ; then you will find a place to pull in and stop . |
| 24 | The sound of deep singing died away , and as Doyle paced restlessly up and down in front of the Cathedral , he heard that noisy shuffling and murmur of conversation that told of the imminent debouchment of several hundred men and women of precise military bearing . |
| 25 | Nicandra jumped up and down in front of him , appearing from and disappearing into , the laurel leaves . |
| 26 | Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house . |
| 27 | No thought of food or drink now as Mandeville strode up and down in front of us , so angry he seemed impervious to the roaring flames of the fire . |
| 28 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ he cried loudly jumping up and down in anger . |
| 30 | And it 's Zack who gets the crowd bouncing up and down in time to his dazzling raps . |