Example sentences of "and [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to ensure that everyone is comfortable , that there is space between rows , at the front and down the aisles . |
| 2 | But for the children running up and down the aisles in church or the yobs in leather jackets barging the queue at petrol stations , the elderly are n't so much objects of deference as obstacles to be pushed peremptorily aside . |
| 3 | You appear to be in some sort of surreal shopping mall , with the world 's TV laid out for purchase : you almost feel like you should have a shopping trolley , to wheel up and down the aisles . |
| 4 | Customers collect a basket or trolley at the entrance and then walk up and down the aisles selecting goods . |
| 5 | The final insult came when one player stripped to his underpants and ran up and down the aisles . |
| 6 | A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring . |
| 7 | He is ridden up and down the hills at home and , when the weather is reasonable , taken for gallops once or twice a week . |
| 8 | All we had to do was to patrol up and down the nets , take out the rabbits and wait for daylight . |
| 9 | ‘ When I took it to the beach it went brrmm , brrmm , up and down the sandhills . ’ |
| 10 | The paw prints highlight the fleece side of the jacket on braiding which runs across the chest , up and down the sleeves and across the back . |
| 11 | Every Tuesday her fat little fingers flew like birds up and down the keys of the piano . |
| 12 | They moved up and down the keys . |
| 13 | It had rained heavily during the night — a sudden downpour which had filled the gutters and drains which supplied the city 's water catchment system — so that when dawn broke it could be seen that many of the drapes and festoons over archways and down the faces of stands and platforms had been torn from the frames by the weight of the water which had soaked them . |
| 14 | Walking in this area is very extensive , and it ranges from gentle strolls around the lake , to strenuous hikes up and down the mountains : walking maps can be obtained at the local tourist office . |
| 15 | Neil adds that they 've collected money for charity up and down the mountains and its restored his faith in human nature |
| 16 | There would be pyres up and down the Dales and himself lighting them , redeeming the people . |
| 17 | The Carpets ' presence on the cider-swilling student circuit is a far cry from their ( brief ) spell marching up and down the stages of places as big as Manchester 's G-Mex centre , not to mention their almost-forgotten headline slot at Reading . |
| 18 | Charlie downed in one gulp the tot of rum that was handed out to all the men up and down the trenches just before a battle . |
| 19 | Charlie could hear rifles being cocked up and down the trenches as sleepy men quickly came to life . |
| 20 | You should also note that when we talk about scale uses , this does not mean merely running up and down the scales like a machine ; scales are there to show you which notes to use , the idea being that you are supposed to make melodic phrases or lines from them . |
| 21 | On the other hand , thermal diffusivity is changing the temperature as fluid moves up and down the fingers . |
| 22 | For 1,000 years the Venetian Republic stood in the forefront of naval power and development , and down the generations ships of every kind , warlike and peaceful , simple and grandiose , displayed themselves to the world in these waters . |
| 23 | He loves his back-seat role , moving quietly up and down the lines , constantly persuading and cajoling . |
| 24 | There was a total failure to communicate effectively both up and down the lines of management . |
| 25 | ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ he muttered , his glance trailing up and down the columns of print . |
| 26 | Meg stood behind him , at his shoulder , holding the two lamps steady above the page , following Ben 's finger as it moved from right to left , up and down the columns of cyphers . |
| 27 | I got drunk on rhum by myself at the Rotonde and ran up and down the streets crying and ringing bells and saying ‘ Save me from this man ! ’ |
| 28 | JULY is the season of the year when the sound of the flute is heard in the land and a section of the population migrate up and down the streets going cuckoo . |
| 29 | He walked up and down the streets while rage grew in him steadily , then made his way to Emily 's . |
| 30 | The party he had sought up and down the streets of Keswick , around the lake and in the gardens , was here in the mysterious circle of fifty upright stones at Castlerigg . |