Example sentences of "up [coord] [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moved up or down accordingly to positivity/negativity of the adjective ’ . |
| 2 | Because wha we 're talking about a very age old attitude which is that a mother and a father and their children ar , is the correct unit , should stay together , at least until the children are grown up and probably well beyond ? |
| 3 | The hierarchy is arranged so that groups of strong and weak elements at the lowest level themselves form strong or weak elements at the next level up and so on throughout the hierarchy , somewhat in the manner of the hierarchical structure of syntax . |
| 4 | Athelstan stood , walking up and down just beneath the dais , his fingers to his lips . |
| 5 | The worst episode of foul play was perpetrated by Southland lock Mark Tinnock , whose feet went up and down repeatedly in a tap-dancing motion on Lions ' flanker Richard Webster during a ruck . |
| 6 | Bobo was muscling up and down morosely at the back of the cage . |
| 7 | Ronni turned away in confusion as Guido simply went on smiling , bobbing up and down unrepentantly in the water , his dark hair plastered like strands of silk to his forehead , quite obviously thoroughly enjoying her confusion . |
| 8 | Selkirk laughed at them , jumping up and down here in the taproom . |
| 9 | She jumped up and down experimentally in the briny , took a step further full of confidence , then further and further still . |
| 10 | Fen looked her up and down consideringly before answering , taking in every detail of her shabby old jeans and T-shirt . |
| 11 | That , in some cases , that has been explored for the storage of heat in the summer which you would then use in the winter , but everywhere one comes back to storage nuclear power stations can not be turned up and down quickly at the moment , so either with electricity you have to have a uniform demand for electricity , or you have to , say , burn gas to provide an alternative way of generating electricity which can be turned up and down at will . |
| 12 | Running upstairs to the sitting-room window , he was in time to see her cross the road , staring up and down vaguely like a blind person . |
| 13 | A light bobbed up and down further along the corridor , accompanied by the sound of running footsteps . |
| 14 | For once she had no need to count up and then across in order to identify her own balcony . |