Example sentences of "up [coord] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | said of a ship laid up or out of commission . |
| 4 | I was taking pain killers when I woke up and again at lunch time . |
| 5 | X watched nervously as the Seneca retracted its undercarriage and moved up and away from view . |
| 6 | My relationship with my father had not changed , although I should have welcomed some change , since the days of my early childhood : it is difficult for most parents to admit that their children are growing up and therefore in need of a more flexible parental attitude . |
| 7 | He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be . |
| 8 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 9 | That was traumatic enough , but it left the ten-year-old having to get himself up and out to school in the morning . |
| 10 | Upon notice being given to the Corporation that the motor car described in the Schedule is to be laid up and out of use for a period of not less than four consecutive weeks ( otherwise than as a result of loss or damage covered by the Policy ) and subject to the relative International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) being returned to the Corporation the Policy will be automatically suspended as from the date upon which such Card is received by the Corporation except as regards loss of or damage to such motor car by fire lightning explosion theft or attempted theft and on renewal a refund of 75% of the pro rata premium for the suspended period will be deducted from the renewal premium . |
| 11 | ‘ If that happens then she could be laid up and out of circulation for a very long time . |
| 12 | The bamboo corals spiralled up like whiskers and , when I touched them , rings of light pulsed up and down between base and tip . ’ |
| 13 | God walking up and down between buckthorn and sallow and goat willow . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The rest bobbed up and down at chin height , or remained by the bathing-machine steps . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When you have experienced past disappointments , hardship and disillusionment , you know you have been up and down on life 's waves . |
| 18 | I was thrilled inside for Boro but I could not jump up and down with delight . |
| 19 | He 's probably jumping up and down with fury . |
| 20 | Does n't that make you jump up and down with excitement ? ’ |
| 21 | Power station worker Shaun , 28 , leaped up and down with excitement as he watched the British hero storm the Olympic 100 metres on TV . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Danny ran to Huw , jumping up and down with excitement , and begging : ‘ You will stay for tea , wo n't you ? |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Pulling power may be slightly down as it Deems to fall off quickly against head winds or uphill gradients , when running constant changing up and down with overdrive even on the level . |
| 27 | ‘ You are such a handsome one now , ’ Rose looked her up and down with pleasure . |
| 28 | The girl looked her up and down with curiosity . |
| 29 | One reason is that the lithosphere is not divided into small discrete blocks able to move freely up and down with respect to each other . |
| 30 | The day began like any other , except that the bells of St James 's Church seemed to peal with more exhilaration than they ever did on a Sunday , and Sarah pictured the ringers jumping up and down for joy at the ends of their stout ropes . |