Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] dale " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walk was a bit up hill and down dale and it rather tired me out . |
| 2 | For anyone on a long car journey , FM will never produce a solid clear path like the long-wave ( LW ) which carries Radio 4 the length and breadth of the land , up hill and down dale . |
| 3 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 4 | That meaning is in front of you — the Cross , like a magnet , dragging you up hill and down dale , a magnet that attracts not iron and steel , but suffering flesh and bone . |
| 5 | She was cursing poor old Reverend Marr up hill and down dale but I do n't reckon even grandma wanted him dead , ’ said the lad with relish . |