Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These dreams tend not to be about sudden drops or stumbles , but of long drops from high buildings or down deep holes , ending in collisions with the ground , or perhaps with miraculously soft landings .
2 The arrowed direction keys ( respectively Left , Right , Up and Down ) move the cursor respectively left or right one character space , up or down one line .
3 The computer keyboard also has a Delete key to delete letters in front of the cursor , a Backspace key to delete letters behind the cursor , a set of Cursor Movement keys that move the cursor up or down one line or side to side one space , a set of Function keys that perform preset functions with a single keypress and an Escape key that is normally used to reverse or undo the last action .
4 take short cuts across open ground or down unlit alleyways ?
5 The paths are far to steep to ride any kind of mount , but it is safe to climb up or down either path at walking pace .
6 I never rode around bends or up steep hills .
7 In or about that year Count Hartmann of Kyburg built the town on a rock that was surrounded on three sides by the river Aare .
8 At or about that time Rostern contained four who had to be moved from their holdings .
9 We were in a shabby little hole in Paddington , and when we came back from the pub that night he went walking up and down that hotel room , sticking his chest out and saying , ‘ I 'm the sex queen of Bloomsbury .
10 End up later on square 46 denoting Andrew and Fergie 's separation and down that snake you go .
11 Up and down up and down all night .
12 From here , lift the leg up and down 10 times , each time raising it no further than 3ins ( 7.6cm ) .
13 Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before .
14 The handbrake was extensively used to cope with icy conditions on what seemed to be never-ending hairpins and headlights in the distance changing direction constantly made us wonder whether the word insanity had taken on a new meaning [ going up and down snowy mountains in a 30-year-old car ] .
15 We followed him across the street and down crumbling cement stairs into a fetid basement that stank of excrement , a place two feet deep in sodden papers , envelopes , parcels and stained government forms .
16 Plodding up and down stony paths , crossing tussocky moorland and jumping streams can all make great demands on footwear .
17 They walked slowly , for Ruth had to negotiate Lilian 's pushchair up and down each kerb , and as they walked , they talked .
18 Play up and down each scale pattern covering all six strings as in Example 1 .
19 Play up and down each form using a steady stream of 16th notes .
20 The system does not necessarily include a balance lift that is to say duplicate tanks working up and down duplicate inclines in reverse direction .
21 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down 25 times .
22 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down 20 times .
23 DOWNPATRICK and Down Royal executives will be keeping their fingers crossed next week that there will be strong declarations for their meetings on Wednesday and Saturday respectively .
24 The flak was heavy , relentless as hounds chasing a cornered stag up and down high ground .
25 er I said , er , all I said to him was that , erm , he said , he said he was going back er up , up and down most weekends to er
26 Odd-Knut finds a steep up-slope where a river joins the lake and we play for a bit going up and down steep slopes .
27 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down 30 times .
28 Up and down different ones , different loch and er you could see Inveraray Castle in the distance we , er after we married we went to Inveraray Castle , went over it
29 Apart from finding globules of mercury in people 's shoes , a contemporary commentator , and opponent of this form of treatment , describes two men who used the same tavern regularly and both having supped from their little bottles of mercury would smoke a pipe and down some wine .
30 Factually , it is the operation of the port and opening of the Gillingham Gate throughout 24 hours which is calculated to attract the vehicles up and down those roads in the immediate vicinity of the port .
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