Example sentences of "up and [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dreamed , not for the last time , that the baby had prematurely got out , like a kangaroo embryo , and was making its way blind and white and tiny up and up the billowing creases of Mrs Orton 's purple front , as that woman talked on and on , shifting so that at every turn the climbing thing was about to be casually suffocated . |
| 2 | The police were quickly on the scene and had Trevor walking up and down a straight line . |
| 3 | Up and down a dark alley , at night Cor , flipping scary ! |
| 4 | There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream . |
| 5 | ( 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 . ) |
| 6 | When the fly is in the air , these organs which are jointed to the thorax in the same way as wings , oscillate up and down a hundred or more times a second . |
| 7 | If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random . |
| 8 | Though its popularity goes up and down a little according to the fashion of the year , the genre is plainly here to stay . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Up and down a few more hills . |
| 11 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 12 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 13 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 14 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 15 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 16 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 17 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He flicked the switch up and down a few more times . |
| 20 | Oh , yeah that 's it ! 22 players kicking a leather sphere up and down a big piece of grass ! |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He walked up and down the wide streets , trying to admire the modern buildings . |
| 23 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 24 | All day long wheelbarrows trundled up and down the unmade surface carrying topsoil to neaten up the edges of the path . |
| 25 | He glanced up as they approached and gave Melissa a distant nod without interrupting his progress up and down the small patch of grass . |
| 26 | Information flow does not have to be restricted to passing up and down the scalar chain , but authority should . |
| 27 | All drawing information is conventionally reflected both up and down the hierarchical tree . |
| 28 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 29 | For instance , how to groom a horse , how to harness it and how to walk up and down the long rigs alongside your favourite ploughman , listening to his songs and watching his work with the horses . |
| 30 | ‘ Seen the crowd ? ’ asked the Duke , buckling on a wooden sword and striding up and down the narrow space , waving his arms about and muttering to himself . |