Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This record features lowdown bass that goes for the backs of your legs and up a bit . |
2 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
3 | After all , up the lads and down the hatch . |
4 | Hats were flung into the air , the cheering reached higher and higher levels , and Dawn Run and Jonjo O'Neill were engulfed as they came back past the stands and up the walkway to the unsaddling enclosure in the parade ring . |
5 | Oil your hands a little more generously this time and slide them over the shoulders and up the back of the neck . |
6 | It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs . |
7 | For some unknown reason prickles sprang up all over her shoulders and down the length of both arms . |
8 | She had decided it ought n't to be too difficult to slip into the stables and up the ladder first , but this time she did n't even reach the water pail . |
9 | Water comes through the roof seams through the windscreen frame and can even come around the rear vents and down the roof side rails to fall on the driver 's knee when braking . |
10 | He deliberately pushed his chair so that it fell over , walked down the stage steps and up the gangway of the auditorium . |
11 | His blue shirt , open at the neck and showing a mat of black hair , was wet with sweat in the armpits and down the back . |
12 | On the one hand they must move along the lines and down the page ; on the other they must be still if you are to read a word . |
13 | It was fascinating to watch the great rolls of white newsprint turn as the thin sheets moved into the press , round inky lead plates , through rollers and down the V-shaped folding machine , to be cut into proper size , folded , stacked sideways and passed into waiting hands . |
14 | in their black nets and down the mountainside |
15 | Then you ride out alone , across the springing grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers ; you ride up the rushy mountains and down the rushy glens and come to the mouth of the dragon 's cave . |
16 | ‘ I 'm quite hungry for some breakfast , ’ said Snodgrass , as they followed Caspar along the galleries and down the staircases and through huge , high-ceilinged chambers . |
17 | Well , I charged them six shillings and out the three of them went puffing their heads off . |
18 | I am sure they had the pious hope that this foundation would actually serve to increase the nation 's general fitness by pumping money into sport , but if the money is to go on improving facilities at cricket clubs and down the country , then a large number of cricketers who rely on lousy playing conditions for their place in the side will be forced into retirement . |
19 | If it was your wife working for Abbey Life , would you like it if she was breaking appointments and out every night and all the rest of it . |
20 | However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front . |
21 | He went inside and the kitchen scents hit him then , laying down a trail that drew him across the creaking boards and down the hall . |
22 | Boatmen plied their trade down the Trent to Stockwith , Keadby and other river ports and up the Idle to Bawtry , while steam packets provided regular services to Hull , Newcastle , King 's Lynn , and London , and intermediate places . |
23 | Undertown was designed as a summer holiday house , facing south towards the dunes and up the Camel Estuary , with a view across the golf links to the church of St Enodoc and Brae Hill beyond . |
24 | As the teeth sink into the flesh , the pressure of this action squeezes venom out of the glands and down the hollow tubes of the paired fangs . |
25 | To reach the south transept- and access door meant passing from the north quire aisle across the quire with its brass eagle and dark mahogany stalls and out the other side . |
26 | Such activity is naturally a bit messy , and those left-over bits of bedding that litter the area around the sett , within the spoil heaps and down the tunnels , are a dead give-away . |
27 | In the stunned silence that followed , Patrick raced up the stairs and down the hall and had the door open and was actually in the room before another word had been spoken . |
28 | Alexandra nodded and went quietly up the stairs and down the landing , past the bowls of pot-pourri and prints of wild flowers framed in black and gold , to her own room . |
29 | For the modern visitor , the main approach to the church leads through an avenue of yew trees and up an impressive flight of stone steps to the west door . |
30 | The other three pairs came from the trees and down the sloping fields in complete silence . |