Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 2 | An absolute torrent of them comes pouring through and down the junk-chute . |
| 3 | And more of the calories that go into your mouth will , to put it bluntly , go straight through and down the lavatory . |
| 4 | This sophisticated-looking arrangement actually proved very simple to adjust — you just loosen the recessed screws with a coin and move the belt and harness up or down the base plat to the position you want , then retighten the screws . |
| 5 | Slide the chord shape up or down the fretboard into various keys and the scale goes with it , so to speak . |
| 6 | Hence , a dynamic consideration of portfolio analysis , as applied to major investment decisions with their relatively long time horizons , does not just mean moving SBUs up or down the portfolio grid by transferring resources between them ( from ‘ cash cows ’ to ‘ problem children ’ and ‘ stars ’ ) . |
| 7 | All users may display information about their relations , up or down the family tree . |
| 8 | Every morning at sunrise and every evening at sunset a flag was run up or down the flagstaff on our roof ; it was the company flag but we thought it was Fa 's . |
| 9 | The effect of this profoundly important innovation was that members of Congress were required to vote up or down the administration 's complete package of cuts at the beginning of the congressional phase of the budgetary process . |
| 10 | On most adjustable looms the vertical beams are fixed and one or both of the horizontal beams , which hold the warp strands in place , can be moved up or down the frame . |
| 11 | A 15–20 minute drive by car ( included in the price ) leads to quiet beaches and , a further five minutes up or down the coast , are a stretch of interesting small resorts from Bari to Brindisi . |
| 12 | But instead of a hosereel going up and down the field , you have a tractor and an injector . ’ |
| 13 | Guiding the plough and following the team up and down the field over the uneven ground was very hard and tiring work . |
| 14 | The terms of this description make it absolutely clear that Polygnotos did not adhere to the single ground-line but placed his figures up and down the field with some rudimentary indication of setting ; and a few Athenian vases which must have been painted around the sixties show the same thing . |
| 15 | It is evident that the figures and groups were set up and down the field , surely very much as on the Underworld vase ; only on this wall there were scores of figures and also certainly more indications of setting . |
| 16 | Once they are set up and down the field groups can be interlocked , and figures united by gesture and look . |
| 17 | My brother and I used to sit together and drive this old horse up and down the field and throw the hay all over the place to get the sun . |
| 18 | Also , I employed my usual technique of talking a quick walk up and down the field in parallel lines and with my detector switched on . |
| 19 | Once , on a tour of the Middle East , the gentlemen of the orchestra were watching him swim — cigar in place — up and down the hotel pool . |
| 20 | Throughout the match rumour of a reprieve had chased up and down the stand . |
| 21 | As we togged up and down the Seefeld baby slopes learning how to sno-plough and how to get up when you failed to sno-plough , it became apparent that this was , with or without ganglion , perhaps not going to be Jack 's Number One sport . |
| 22 | You can do all your homework and be in the right swim during a feeding spell and then still miss the fish if you , for example , put all your baits under the far bank and the pack is moving up and down the centre of the drain or close to the near bank which in my experience is quite common . |
| 23 | Tuppe sat in the front passenger seat brrrming the toy car up and down the dashboard . |
| 24 | He tapped his pipe out on the edge of the gleaming spittoon and looked up and down the bar . |
| 25 | All night he parades up and down the bar like a brawny old cockerel . |
| 26 | They leapt up and down the scale like mountain goats , dancing to their own pulsing rhythm . |
| 27 | Bass , tenor , alto and soprano ; the words seemed to glide up and down the scale from moment to moment with no consistency . |
| 28 | The choice of wallpapers is enormous , with prices to match at every stage up and down the scale , but you do n't have to pay the earth to achieve a very luxurious look . |
| 29 | They were both notorious for racing up and down the Strip on their motorbikes or in flash sports cars . |
| 30 | Work up and down the head covering the entire area . |