Example sentences of "up [conj] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this point , individual circuit cables wend their way around the house , crossing ceilings and floors , and running up or down to light switches and socket outlets at convenient points . |
| 2 | In Method B , the amount to be paid out is a predetermined pool of money adjusted up or down in line with the year 's change in profits . |
| 3 | Under this settlement , subject to approval by the courts in the UK , Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands and by 70 per cent of the creditors involved , those shareholders — the Ruler and authorities of Abu Dhabi — would ( i ) make a payment of $1,700 million ( adjustable up or down by $500 million ) to make possible a return to creditors of between 30 and 40 per cent ; and ( ii ) assume responsibility for certain liabilities of BCCI branches in the United Arab Emirates . |
| 4 | Adapting his subject to his captive audience , he plunged at once into parliamentary small talk about the newly appointed committee , bobbing up and down between Berowne and Dalgliesh like a small craft on bumpy water . |
| 5 | The bamboo corals spiralled up like whiskers and , when I touched them , rings of light pulsed up and down between base and tip . ’ |
| 6 | God walking up and down between buckthorn and sallow and goat willow . |
| 7 | He wanted to stay in his own place but Jackie and Neville were nearly driven mad running up and down to Letchworth when all that they had to do , Jackie 's full time teaching and Nev is trying to build as many kitchens or build as many doors for millionaires as he possibly can . |
| 8 | And go up and down to London . |
| 9 | my daughter travels up and down to Glasgow cos she did n't want to stay , she wanted to be at home , |
| 10 | she must be fed up going up and down to Glasgow . |
| 11 | That , in some cases , that has been explored for the storage of heat in the summer which you would then use in the winter , but everywhere one comes back to storage nuclear power stations can not be turned up and down quickly at the moment , so either with electricity you have to have a uniform demand for electricity , or you have to , say , burn gas to provide an alternative way of generating electricity which can be turned up and down at will . |
| 12 | The rest bobbed up and down at chin height , or remained by the bathing-machine steps . |
| 13 | ‘ My form was up and down at Manly but so was the form of the team . |
| 14 | Tommy 's over him , leaning forward with his palms against the wall , jumping up and down on Christopher 's chest , breaking every rib in his body . |
| 15 | He was , after all , proposing to jerk up and down on top of a naked woman not more than three or four strides away from a sleeping child , her child . |
| 16 | I must just jump up and down on Mrs when I see her at lunch time . |
| 17 | Gavin 's hand rubbed up and down on Janice 's lap . |
| 18 | When you have experienced past disappointments , hardship and disillusionment , you know you have been up and down on life 's waves . |
| 19 | Was always tottering up and down with glasses on ? |
| 20 | I was thrilled inside for Boro but I could not jump up and down with delight . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm black and blue from head to toe , ’ said Crawford then , ‘ I 've got eight pulled ligaments in my leg and bruises all over and , when I limp out of the theatre at night , these bloody bastards are walking up and down with signs saying ‘ English actors will be working next year — will you ? ’ . |
| 22 | He 's probably jumping up and down with fury . |
| 23 | After she has paraded up and down with Gianfranco Ferré , current king of Dior , pointing out various details on his work , we look at the sketches and ask to see dress number 59 . |
| 24 | Does n't that make you jump up and down with excitement ? ’ |
| 25 | Power station worker Shaun , 28 , leaped up and down with excitement as he watched the British hero storm the Olympic 100 metres on TV . |
| 26 | Unseen by either Pain or the Collector , the fat pariah dog in the shade of the tamarind was whining and jumping up and down with excitement at the prospect of a square meal or two , when all the fuss was over . |
| 27 | Danny ran to Huw , jumping up and down with excitement , and begging : ‘ You will stay for tea , wo n't you ? |
| 28 | When Sal and Kitty first set eyes on my prize , they could n't stop jumping up and down with excitement and even helped me to paint down one side , ‘ Charlie Trumper , the honest trader , founded in 1823 ’ . |
| 29 | Her mother-in-law would be looking at the clock too , perhaps walking up and down with Catherine in her arms . |
| 30 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |