Example sentences of "up [coord] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essential principle of this Lift ( which is to be used in lieu of a flight of locks ) is floating of the barge or vessel into a tank and the conveying of that tank with its floating load broadside up or down a slope or inclined plane to a higher or lower pond of the canal respectively into which it is floated from the tank , which is left ready for another barge going in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 3 | If the ground is hard , and even a bit bumpy , the ball will usually bumble its way quite satisfactorily up or down a bank and distance is fairly easy to judge . |
| 4 | So I said , frankly , all I 'll get is your laundry , another cup , saucer and plate to wash up and probably a great deal more you-know-what than I need ! ’ |
| 5 | But er then there was others sort of cheap joints you know , they just rushed things up and just a couple of just er When you see some of th You know that goodwill shop that that the thing when you when you see a lot of the things that 's supposed to be polished , you know , they 're just varnished over . |
| 6 | The girl got up and not a crease marked the skirt of her suit . |
| 7 | Stretch the upper arm up and over a little further than yesterday — approximately 24 ins ( 61 cm ) . |
| 8 | They 'd split up and about a year later , they 'd formed The Box and wanted to get a record out , and that 's how it started in January ‘ 83 . |
| 9 | Sometimes he would be climbing up and down a cliff and he found himself stuck , unable to get higher and unable to climb down and once he was left clinging on a ledge for ever . |
| 10 | We may see rage in a bucking horse , acute anxiety in a solitary horse galloping up and down a fence , great fear in a horse that cowers and jams its tail down hard between its hind legs , or elation in a pony that has escaped from a yard and is prancing around the paddock in an exuberant high-stepping trot . |
| 11 | Where the great lake joined the river , at Drumshanbo , we headed directly southward and soon were in neat white Leitrim Village , a row of houses up and down a hillside street . |
| 12 | He stamped up and down a bit , waiting for Miss Harker to return . |
| 13 | If you look carefully , you may see some ridge and furrow which lie in a reverse-S pattern , a result of the logistics facing the medieval ploughman , who had to manoeuvre eight oxen up and down a field . |
| 14 | I 'd been yo-yoing up and down a rollercoaster for the best part of an hour and I was still hung over from the phial of ‘ Renshenfengwangjiang ’ — a potent blend of panax ginseng and royal bee jelly — that Michael Willis had persuaded me to drink for breakfast . |
| 15 | It is the only inland funicular railway in this country , and is still in operation , its cars travelling up and down a gradient of 1–1½ and worked nowadays by electric motor . |
| 16 | Up and down a few more hills . |
| 17 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 18 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 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 , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 21 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 22 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 23 | if only to reduce the number of 100 metre ( 330 ft ) round trips up and down a fully paid-out set of lines , which always seems to happen when you are on your own ! |
| 24 | Wooden dolls are slid up and down a pole in time with the music , and castanets and bells , on the dolls ' backs , make a percussion sound . |
| 25 | They go about this by jumping up and down a lot and cranking the drum machine up to unfeasible volumes . |
| 26 | It coped easily with gently curved edges , and was in its element coasting up and down a slightly sloping lawn , producing those satisfying stripes that can make mowing a distinct pleasure . |
| 27 | The police were quickly on the scene and had Trevor walking up and down a straight line . |
| 28 | The switching takes place up and down a hierarchy of abstraction and generality . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Oh , yeah that 's it ! 22 players kicking a leather sphere up and down a big piece of grass ! |