Example sentences of "up and [adv prt] the line " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loves his back-seat role , moving quietly up and down the lines , constantly persuading and cajoling . |
| 2 | There was a total failure to communicate effectively both up and down the lines of management . |
| 3 | There is a package holiday that runs steam trains up and down the line during the summer , carrying rich tourists dressed in dinner-jackets and gowns , who scowl sternly from their carriage windows when the train is stranded at obscure little Scottish stations . |
| 4 | They passed their viewing comments up and down the line . |
| 5 | Inevitably the column became grievously extended , and Ramsay and others of the leadership were occupied throughout in riding up and down the line trying to keep the various groups together and in touch . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone help Caroline , please , ’ Miss Fazackerly cried , rushing up and down the line of children like a sheep dog . |
| 7 | He looked up and down the line of faces . |
| 8 | Two buskers were playing banjos , walking up and down the line , while a dwarf scampered in and out of the waiting cinema-goers with an outstretched hand , cajoling money from the queue . |
| 9 | The most important item lacking was a turntable , which was needed so that Bishop 's Castle locomotives could work chimney first both up and down the line — an important safety consideration for passenger traffic as the engines would have been likely to run more steadily when going forward . |
| 10 | Since then she had followed Goshawk Squadron up and down the line , moving from hospital to hospital . |