Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike went down to assist Dave Lister in sorting out the rope which was still attached to him , and Dave moved along and up the bergschrund to aid Steve in routefinding as he downclimbed , diagonally to the right , towards a narrower slot which he might cross unroped . |
| 2 | He also confirmed Lewis ' findings , being able to detect seven bands on most large standing stones , and considered that these were ‘ tapping points into a spiral release of some kind of energy that moved up and down the stone , following the lunar cycle ’ . |
| 3 | The little children moved up and down the court playing their own private games . |
| 4 | They moved up and down the keys . |
| 5 | Tony 's fingers moved up and down the piano keys . |
| 6 | Daniel paced up and down the polished floor from one end of the long room to the other ; his sentences bore the rehearsed solemnity of a stage drama . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As he paced up and down the narrow kitchen , shouting curses through the bedroom door , Constance smiled . |
| 9 | At one meeting , Branson became so exasperated that he walked off his own boat and paced up and down the towpath outside to cool down . |
| 10 | The Shah paced up and down the room . |
| 11 | Jonathan paced up and down the bedroom . |
| 12 | He shivered at the ‘ yip , yip ’ of a fox carried by the cool night wind and jumped at the screech of the huge bats which flickered up and down the castle walls . |
| 13 | There were no solid divisions between neighbours , and the children played up and down the length of the house . |
| 14 | Meese even resembled Porfiry , aimiable and unhurried , ‘ his fat , round little figure … rebounding from every wall and corner ’ as he strolled up and down the room . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm damned sure it was an attempt to kill Tweed , ’ Kuhlmann told Newman as they again strolled up and down the concourse of the main station . |
| 16 | Lifts of glass and gilded plastic in the shape of water beetles darted up and down the outside of concrete columns four hundred feet high . |
| 17 | Death raced downstairs and out the front door to look in the baby carriage under the cherry tree . |
| 18 | Nevertheless she followed him and for the next quarter of an hour they streaked up and down the pool . |
| 19 | Just before we packed up and got aboard the truck , I piped up and down the beach for a few moments . |
| 20 | That month saw a new invasion alarm , as a French fleet cruised up and down the Channel under Admiral D'Orvilliers and a large French army under Marshal de Broglie was assembled at Vaussieux in Normandy , though this was in fact only a routine ‘ camp of exercise ’ . |
| 21 | Thus Hamilton cruised up and down the coast , out of touch with what was happening on the beaches . |
| 22 | He did n't like the microphone and had to be cajoled into using it , he stalked up and down the front of the hall quoting from cuttings on the Vietnam War , and was heard by few . |
| 23 | The Eddie was as turbulent as its homophone : it gave rise to eddies of controversy that swirled up and down the Kam Highway . |
| 24 | The ticket collector shrugged , and the policeman passed up and down the carriages questioning passengers . |
| 25 | Blanche glanced up and down the empty pavement , slid on her leather gloves and loped off into the night . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He walked up and down the streets while rage grew in him steadily , then made his way to Emily 's . |
| 28 | Anna walked up and down the next street , calling , and around the block and further afield . |
| 29 | Seru walked up and down the room . |
| 30 | Dyson walked up and down the bedroom in his overcoat , making large gestures , and trailing in his wake the cosy smell of digested alcohol . |