Example sentences of "[coord] down the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 2 | He swept his friends into his arms and the shouting multiplied and reverberated on and on , up and down the beach and through the distant war-broken theatre of Salamis . |
| 3 | Our expert tasters , the million cuppa men — they 've all drunk a million cups of tea — go up the northbound carriageway and down the south and assess all on their qualities . |
| 4 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There are five positional patterns that can be played laterally up and down the fretboard and which relate to any major scale ( and its relative minor scale ) : you 'll start on the lowest diatonic note in each key and move up the fretboard to the highest comfortable form ( more on this later ) . |
| 7 | Just under £400,000 has been spent on the equipment , which will visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach , county shows up and down the country and the Southampton Boat Show later this summer . |
| 8 | More than 100 Challengers are used by disabled clubs up and down the country and their popularity is growing . |
| 9 | The tour continues up and down the country and will be in Newcastle at the Corner House on Sunday ( 9 ) . |
| 10 | Ten separate regional exhibitions are held up and down the country and in Newcastle alone some 180 works have been submitted . |
| 11 | Much of the glen is owned by NTS and there has been increasing adverse publicity recently over a vast upsurge in visitor numbers , the centre 's failure to stop indiscriminate car parking up and down the glen and increased mountain erosion . |
| 12 | She walked her up and down the kitchen and sang to her . |
| 13 | In the stunned silence that followed , Patrick raced up the stairs and down the hall and had the door open and was actually in the room before another word had been spoken . |
| 14 | ‘ But you must know ! ’ says Howard to Felicity , walking up and down the living-room and clutching an amazed hand to his forehead . |
| 15 | Sammy was running up and down the pathway and yelping up at them . |
| 16 | Presumably they pick up the pinta and down the sherry and beer as well , not to mention making it look as if the reindeers have had a go at the carrots . |
| 17 | Trees cut her view for part of the way and when she could see the street door leading to her flat she noticed a man dawdling by , looking up and down the pavement and then strolling back the way he had come . |
| 18 | Editing facilities in viewdata or database programs should be available and it should be possible to change records , delete data , move up and down the screen and save data . |