Example sentences of "and [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hat nodded up and down in gratitude . |
| 2 | Attlee commented at the 1943 party conference , ‘ As a matter of fact you can see the votes at byelections going up and down in accordance with the progress of our armies in Africa ’ . |
| 3 | Move up and down in water |
| 4 | " Shit-shit-shit , " he cried , and jumped up and down in unison with Nicandra 's unrestrained antics . |
| 5 | Her feather bobbed up and down in indignation as she talked , and Fowler , who had no wish to gaze into her eyes , found himself flinching instead at the sight of Paul Franklin 's bright yellow socks . |
| 6 | Cyclical industries — those in which cash flow bounces up and down in booms and slumps — lowered their debt-service ratio during the 1980s , from 20% in 1982 to around 13% by 1988 . |
| 7 | Ed bobbed up and down in fury . |
| 8 | The Palernians bounded up and down in excitement , flooding the raft and endangering their coolers . |
| 9 | Physical endurance can be increased as a result of the training effect of walking up and down in mountains . |
| 10 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 11 | Through the half-open door he could see an old man sharpening a cut-throat razor on a strap , stroking it up and down in rhythm . |
| 12 | There he remained , shrieking ‘ Ti-lo ! ’ , his chest heaving up and down in fright . |
| 13 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 14 | In emergency the person in the seat next to you may be allowed to indicate ‘ slow down ’ by moving his straight right arm gently up and down in front of him ( not in front of you ! ) ; then you will find a place to pull in and stop . |
| 15 | The sound of deep singing died away , and as Doyle paced restlessly up and down in front of the Cathedral , he heard that noisy shuffling and murmur of conversation that told of the imminent debouchment of several hundred men and women of precise military bearing . |
| 16 | Nicandra jumped up and down in front of him , appearing from and disappearing into , the laurel leaves . |
| 17 | Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house . |
| 18 | No thought of food or drink now as Mandeville strode up and down in front of us , so angry he seemed impervious to the roaring flames of the fire . |
| 19 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ he cried loudly jumping up and down in anger . |
| 21 | And it 's Zack who gets the crowd bouncing up and down in time to his dazzling raps . |
| 22 | His bushy black brows , liberally sprinkled with grey , moved up and down in time to the music . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 've got anything to say , ’ he said , and closed his eyes , his foot jogging up and down in time to the beat of the dance band on the gramophone . |
| 24 | When the applause did come it was deafening , and she stood there unsmiling , though with her head bobbing up and down in acceptance of the appreciation . |
| 25 | They surged up and down in packs , clattering and scared in their riot-gear , lamming into anyone wearing skin darker than a ginger biscuit . |
| 26 | He was hugely amused by it , the more so as we paced up and down in exasperation . |
| 27 | For some time he walked up and down in silence . |
| 28 | All over Greenwich and down into Deptford and along in Woolwich , people were protesting at the sudden heat . |
| 29 | The pair of them have lands both here in England and over in Normandy , and since Geoffrey of Anjou has made himself master of Normandy , on his son 's behalf , every man in Stephen 's backing fears for his lands over there , and must be tempted to change sides to keep Anjou 's favour . |
| 30 | Below her , in the orchard , apple and pear and plum frothed pink and white with blossom , and over in Tingle 's Wood a sea of bluebells rose out of the morning mist . |