Example sentences of "[noun] upside down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
| 2 | If a Burton man turned his empty beer-pot upside down on the table they knew there was going to be trouble . |
| 3 | Dust your working surface with icing sugar or cornflour to prevent sticking and place the cake upside down on the surface . |
| 4 | Hold a baby or small toddler upside down by the feet ; an older child can rest face down across your thigh . |
| 5 | The mob rose and attacked Gaunt 's palace of the Savoy , hanging his coat of arms upside down as the sign of a traitor . |
| 6 | Robin Belcher was paddling in Australian colours and he and partner Fraser dropped their K2 upside down into the water while relaunching from the moderately high jetty at Chertsey . |
| 7 | 9 Place a flowerpot upside down on the soil . |
| 8 | Indeed , I sat there in the muggy warmth until the balding , bull-necked scruff of a proprietor or manager started to put the chairs upside down on the swabbed tables — a peculiar custom which is surely unhygienic enough to be banned by law . |
| 9 | In the pubs the bar staff put the chairs upside down on the tables and shouted , ‘ Hurry up now , please , thank you . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know about the Stanley No. 45 , but I just put my Record Multi-plane upside down in the vice and pass the wood over the ‘ sharp end ’ . |
| 11 | You 've got to put the basin upside down in the middle of the tin or the ducklings 'll fall in and drown . ’ |
| 12 | You did n't put the basin upside down in the water . ’ |