Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He writes brilliantly of the great circumnavigation of Magellan , of his own voyages around the Horn , through the Panama Canal or up the peak in Darien where Balboa ( not Keats 's stout Cortez ) first spied the Pacific . |
| 2 | But for the children running up and down the aisles in church or the yobs in leather jackets barging the queue at petrol stations , the elderly are n't so much objects of deference as obstacles to be pushed peremptorily aside . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The traditional way of practising scales — up and down the fretboard in two octaves — is great for technique but does n't help much for connecting your ideas all over the fretboard in any given key . |
| 5 | But the Sandinista also took the initiative by training brigadistas up and down the country in preventive techniques like simple listening skills , bereavement counselling , relaxation methods , even family and group therapy . |
| 6 | So long as there is uncertainty about the matter , that must have a bearing on whether enforcement proceedings are taken by the Attorney-General up and down the country in a necessarily very large number of cases . |
| 7 | I explained to the House in November that I do not consider that the public interest lies in my taking that very large number of proceedings up and down the country in those circumstances . |
| 8 | It 's antics like this which have become a major problem in towns and cities up and down the country in recent years , generating fear on estates like Blackbird Leys in Oxford . |
| 9 | The seminar was one of several held up and down the country in the run up to the introduction of Environmental Protection Act legislation on Wednesday . |
| 10 | For days he backed the little transport box into the huge mound and went up and down the fields in lines , stopping the tractor every few yards to scatter the lime , tossing each shovelful on the wind for the white dust to be blown out over the grass . |
| 11 | Secure one end of string to the top of the body of the cake ( not the tip of the cone ) , and wrap the string around and down the cake in a spiral . |
| 12 | I stood up and began to walk impatiently up and down the cell in the darkness . |
| 13 | However , when she raised her head to look at him once more he hesitated , giving a preoccupied shake of his head before beginning to pace up and down the carpet in front of her . |
| 14 | Dyson walked up and down the bedroom in his overcoat , making large gestures , and trailing in his wake the cosy smell of digested alcohol . |
| 15 | The stone amplifies this and the energy emerges from the ground and up the stone in the form of a spiral having seven coils . |