Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the chimney " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we 've had all this trauma about you know , cos I do you , where do you want the he said well do n't see much of daddy or nan and granddad and nana and granddad said they moved in on Christmas Day stay here and Rachael and Steven would n't come up , stay here on Christmas Day , it 's quite likely , quite likely to go with daddy he said but , in many ways I he said I know what we can do is when we send up the chimney we could put nanny 's address , nanny 's address on it , shall we ? |
| 2 | She ate dinner alone before a fire made of driftwood that sent salty blue flames leaping up the chimney . |
| 3 | By now the fire was crackling merrily , the flames beginning to soar up the chimney and cast brightness on the walls . |
| 4 | As you know , in Britain Father Christmas climbs down the chimney to deliver his presents . |
| 5 | The goat went on climbing and nibbling , until it was peering down the chimney . |
| 6 | For one thing , ICI now scrubs the wastes clean and makes money on the products and has also made good use of heat previously going up the chimney stacks . |
| 7 | It 's going up the chimney . |
| 8 | I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney ! |
| 9 | He was stoking the fire unnecessarily until the flames raced up the chimney . |
| 10 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 11 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same . |
| 12 | And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same |
| 13 | Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch ? I did n't think so , somehow . |
| 14 | Perhaps he 's flying down the chimney . |
| 15 | Charley and I escaped up the chimney , but Noah was caught . |
| 16 | He was looking at her intently , as if he expected she might do something surprising , like flying up the chimney . |
| 17 | Over on the other side they could make out the chimney of the paper works among rising woods . |
| 18 | Then my torch showed up streaks of water running down the chimney stack . |
| 19 | Santa 's stuck up the chimney he began to shout . |
| 20 | A Some flame-effect fires do tend to send most of the heat they produce up the chimney — sometimes as much as 85 per cent . |
| 21 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 22 | A quick straw poll of parents revealed that the little children are thrilled to get their letters marked Santaland or Reindeerland , and believe that Santa really does come down the chimney while they 're asleep . |
| 23 | It 's what 's gon na happen in it 's gon na come down the chimney . |
| 24 | Where gas fires are going to be installed , flues can be lined with flexible metal tube liners which are inserted down the chimney , but their life may be shortened by contaminating acids , formed by condensation in the flue combining with the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide contained in the flue gases . |
| 25 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 26 | Large , hairy and gruff-voiced , with an ugly , grinning face , these bear-like creatures come down the chimney to the nursery . |
| 27 | We could hear it whistling down the chimney , and howling all around the house . |
| 28 | Or was it the heavy rain slapping against the windows , the wind 's eerie message as it whistled down the chimney and flickered at the flames that had begun to lick about the new-laid logs ? |
| 29 | Heat usually lost up the chimney is recovered and passes back into the room ; in fact , some models claim to increase efficiency by about 40 per cent . |
| 30 | Nails jerked his head to indicate that Hoomey should come in , as Stalin was yelling from the back , ‘ Shut the bloody door or do you want us all blown up the chimney ? ’ |