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

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1	where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger …
2	Social mobility can refer to any movement up or down the occupational hierarchy , though sociologists often emphasise cross-class mobility .
3	These mixers , which send water to the bath or up a flexible hose to a shower head , take their supply from the bathroom hot and cold pipes .
4	If you wish you can use your accommodation for changing as the uncrowded beach is only five minutes walk through our car park , across the road and down a 100 yard footpath .
5	There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream .
6	If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random .
7	That dried up river-bed , which was out of sight over the ridge and down a thousand feet of shingle , was rich with palm-trees , and with villages .
8	The police were quickly on the scene and had Trevor walking up and down a straight line .
9	Up and down a dark alley , at night Cor , flipping scary !
10	( It is rather like dropping a cork into water : at first it bobs up and down a great deal , but as the ripples carry away its energy , it eventually settles down to a stationary state . )
11	The data transmission path of this system has proved tortuously slow , having to pass through three programs each way and down a 1200 Baud communication line ; however , it does prove the principle .
12	Nowadays I ca n't bear anything to do with football , kicking an air-filled pig 's bladder up and down a muddy pitch ai n't my idea of fun .
13	A suitable mix of exercise includes cycling on an ergometer , stepping up and down a two-step climb , a variety of arm and leg exercises using dumb-bells or fixed-weight training equipment and jogging on a mini-trampoline .
14	And down A little bit later .
15	Though its popularity goes up and down a little according to the fashion of the year , the genre is plainly here to stay .
16	Oh , yeah that 's it ! 22 players kicking a leather sphere up and down a big piece of grass !
17	Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times .
18	They swing to the top of the backswing and then practise with the left arm bouncing the club up and down a few times so that there is a feeling of taking control of the downswing and the right shoulder not wanting to push .
19	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times .
20	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
21	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
22	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
23	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
24	Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times .
25	Out into the spooky snicket and down a few yards towards the churchyard .
26	Harvey went through two doors and down a moving staircase .
27	All day long wheelbarrows trundled up and down the unmade surface carrying topsoil to neaten up the edges of the path .
28	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 .
29	Saturday night is racing cars up and down the eight miles of road , the nearest policeman being , perhaps , a whole day away .
30	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 ’ ) .