Example sentences of "down and [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See that would have to be all darkened down that See that light bit of the wood , that 's got to be all darkened down and brought up The colours is all sort of you see , matching and that . |
| 2 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 3 | It is n't because I keep on going down and filling up the metro with ten pounds worth of petrol and I 'm not making a a trip back and forth to work every day . |
| 4 | They leaped down and charged up the shore , yelling triumphantly . |
| 5 | The station had gone , too , and they 'd shut the line down and taken up the rails . |
| 6 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 7 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 8 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 9 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 10 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 11 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |