Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv prt] and [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Helping bring their compulsory competitive tendering and privatization plans to a halt up and down the country .
2 A month ago he went into Edinburgh for a night out and in the small hours was stabbed to death .
3 just say right we 'll put a pound a week in and at the end of the year
4 Over several years volunteers from schools , colleges , and County Youth Clubs , together with many adult enthusiasts , have worked at cutting and clearing trees and undergrowth , uncovering surface works and piers , cleaning channels and tracks and in constructing a path down and across the site to enable visitors to explore as much of the Plane as possible .
5 Was in Torquay last weekend for one night at its expense to receive chairman 's award for my voluntary input to British Association of Industrial Editors , notably to Education & Professional Development — bliss to be funded and have a night in a good hotel and a trip up and down the river Dart in quite remarkable sunshine — glorious countryside .
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