Example sentences of "[coord] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social mobility can refer to any movement up or down the occupational hierarchy , though sociologists often emphasise cross-class mobility . |
| 2 | All day long wheelbarrows trundled up and down the unmade surface carrying topsoil to neaten up the edges of the path . |
| 3 | She paced up and down the tiny room while I sat on her bed , and she explained to me that McIllvanney had been approached by a client who had apparently seen Ellen and authorised McIllvanney to offer her the money . |
| 4 | Saturday night is racing cars up and down the eight miles of road , the nearest policeman being , perhaps , a whole day away . |
| 5 | Formal speeches were made by practically every one present , and after each speech one had to have a toast and down the requisite amount of liquour after clinking glasses and saying ‘ gambei ’ ( ‘ empty your glass ’ ) . |
| 6 | The shore event was poor , principally because a commercial fisherman from Portstewart thoughtfully trawled up and down the shallow waters of the East Strand the day of the first competition . |
| 7 | Like Lawrence of Arabia going up and down the majestic sand dunes , he has over the years risen to great heights , and plummeted to great depths . |
| 8 | The mosaic extends the length of the nave as far as the presbytery , into the apse , and down the two arms of the transept and survives as a visual encyclopedia of the medieval mind . |
| 9 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 10 | All drawing information is conventionally reflected both up and down the hierarchical tree . |
| 11 | This assignment involved practising each shape chromatically up and down the entire fretboard so as to build confidence and technique in every position , starting on the highest note descending or starting on the lowest note ascending in each key . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The club 's travels up and down the four divisions in the last 18 years have helped , and he completed the full set of 92 grounds at Watford three or four years ago . |
| 14 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 15 | Latecoming thunder caught us then , in its migraine-vice of sound as it rolled round and down the long Vénéon valley before the rains came . |
| 16 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 17 | For instance , how to groom a horse , how to harness it and how to walk up and down the long rigs alongside your favourite ploughman , listening to his songs and watching his work with the horses . |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't go out like that , ’ said Wendy to Apricot when she was four , ‘ it 's freezing , ’ and little Apricot , in nothing but vest and pants , ran straight out into the street and down the long suburban road to the small playground which a benign council had made for the children in the sharp triangle of land where the railway line intersected the water-purifying plant . |
| 19 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Simply pass the end of the yarn through the threader and down the hollow tube , attach the weight , and away you go , in moments you have a length of cord ready to use however you wish . |
| 22 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 23 | He walked up and down the wide streets , trying to admire the modern buildings . |
| 24 | At that time , one could enter the building easily , wander up and down the racked and discoloured ramp , contemplate the looting of one of the door handles , even find undrunk wine in a cupboard . |
| 25 | Less well known , but in my opinion more interesting , is the fact that unofficial and unspoken nonaggression pacts , a ‘ live-and-let-live ’ system , flourished all up and down the front lines for at least two years starting in 1914 . |
| 26 | The tunic was piped in branch-colour around the collar , deep cuffs , and down the front edge . |
| 27 | Information flow does not have to be restricted to passing up and down the scalar chain , but authority should . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It 's a funny old game , Saint , viewed from directly overhead with the cartoonesque players zipping up and down the scrolling pitch . |
| 30 | For many years our brethren of the turf have been making sure of the accuracy of their finishes ( as well as the propriety of conduct around the bend and down the straight ) by employing photographic scrutiny . |