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 … |