Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] and [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 So I removed a rubber-handled wrench from the tool kit — a souvenir of a summer working on rich people 's yachts in southern Ireland — and weighed it up and down a couple of times .
2 She walked her up and down the kitchen and sang to her .
3 Only six months earlier her husband 's last book had occupied a prominent position on that stand and hundreds like it up and down the country .
4 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times .
5 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
6 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
7 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
8 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second .
9 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times .
10 Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down an inch or two , 25 times .
11 Ahead , the ball was bumping and slowly losing momentum over the divots , and Paul Hedley , the South Sussex Number Four , was galloping over to ride her off and back the ball up the field .
12 Although the qualification was very much sought after in the beginning with the burgeoning of more centres running it up and down the country , the trainees soon realised that in spite of the skills they gained , the diploma was not recognised by the DES even as a first stage towards further accreditation .
13 Move it forwards and back a few inches , 30 times .
14 Move it forwards and back a few inches , 35 times .
15 Move it forwards and back a few inches , 35 times .
16 Move it forwards and back a few inches , 35 times .
17 Move it forwards and back a few inches , 30 times .
18 Move it forwards and back an inch or two , 25 times .
19 I wonder how long its owner has been trailing it up and down the length of England …
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