Example sentences of "and [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream . |
| 3 | If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The police were quickly on the scene and had Trevor walking up and down a straight line . |
| 6 | Up and down a dark alley , at night Cor , flipping scary ! |
| 7 | ( 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 . ) |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And down A little bit later . |
| 12 | Though its popularity goes up and down a little according to the fashion of the year , the genre is plainly here to stay . |
| 13 | Oh , yeah that 's it ! 22 players kicking a leather sphere up and down a big piece of grass ! |
| 14 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 17 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 18 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 19 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 20 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 21 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 22 | Out into the spooky snicket and down a few yards towards the churchyard . |
| 23 | Harvey went through two doors and down a moving staircase . |
| 24 | All day long wheelbarrows trundled up and down the unmade surface carrying topsoil to neaten up the edges of the path . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Saturday night is racing cars up and down the eight miles of road , the nearest policeman being , perhaps , a whole day away . |
| 27 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 28 | The shore event was poor , principally because a commercial fisherman from Portstewart thoughtfully trawled up and down the shallow waters of the East Strand the day of the first competition . |
| 29 | Like Lawrence of Arabia going up and down the majestic sand dunes , he has over the years risen to great heights , and plummeted to great depths . |
| 30 | The mosaic extends the length of the nave as far as the presbytery , into the apse , and down the two arms of the transept and survives as a visual encyclopedia of the medieval mind . |