Example sentences of "up [coord] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
| 2 | With a modern diaphragm valve , it may only be necessary to move the float up or down on the serrated spindle connected to the valve arm |
| 3 | Scaling up or down on the ‘ chute diameter now raises another question , the number of gores to use . |
| 4 | In windy weather , the effects of the wind gradient near the ground accentuate any movement up or down of the towplane and glider . |
| 5 | Slow build up or in at the deep end ? |
| 6 | We had arrived from Harehills on the up and up with the booming coal industry . |
| 7 | She took the stairs at a run , up and up to the attic she slept in . |
| 8 | ‘ What if this tree gets hit by lightning ? ’ she asked , peering up and up through the twisted branches . |
| 9 | Each of them must tread on and on , a ceaseless , bone-grinding trudge , if they did not want to be taken up and up by the gyrating treadmill into the clanking , turning cogs in the roof and ground to dust between the pinions . |
| 10 | With a muffled cry of rage at her own weakness , Isabel shoved furiously at fitzAlan 's broad shoulder with one hand and brought the other up and around with the full force of her arm behind it . |
| 11 | The carer then holds him in the same way as if he was sitting on the side of the bed , with his head resting on her shoulder , and lifts him up and round onto the second chair . |
| 12 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 13 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
| 14 | The moment the alarm clock went off Maggie was up and out of the cavity bed she slept in . |
| 15 | During filming , we even saw eggs being pushed up and out of the nest while the reed warbler host was still sitting on them . |
| 16 | Once again , Charlie scrambled up and out of the trench only yards behind . |
| 17 | She intended to pick up her cases and proceed with what she was here to do , go up and out into the street and thence to Streatham Street to find the hotel . |
| 18 | Her collection of outdoor treasures shot to the ground as in a single movement she leapt up and out between the trees . |
| 19 | Finding the point is not easy , and the gully walls are vertical elsewhere , so if in doubt continue up and back to the source of the gullies . |
| 20 | some some extra layers on this , I mean I think that 's very valid and the extra layers include er one , the fact that since then there have been a number of royals who have divorced and so it is not unique for royals to be divorced and the Church of England has not jumped up and down about the fact that there are royals who are divorced particularly given that the , you know the Church of England are opposed to divorce . |
| 21 | He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship . |
| 22 | They 'd be going up and down between the aisles as well . |
| 23 | And , anyway , I only cruised up and down outside the house twice just to make sure there was no one lying in wait . |
| 24 | The cockerel stood braced , shrilling its cry out into the mist , answering other calls from other compounds up and down across the hillside . |
| 25 | It had been wounded , and was struggling to stay afloat with its snout jutting horizontally above the water , its dark mane of bristle bobbing up and down amid the white rise of the current . |
| 26 | We wandered up and down to the inadequate refreshment kiosk , drinking soda and eating buns . |
| 27 | They come in here for one orange juice and they 're up and down to the loos five times in one night with different blokes . ’ |
| 28 | Currency exchange negotiations for everyone on the ‘ open ’ market were conducted between the team 's administrator , John Brown , and the hotel 's elderly porter in a lift that went constantly up and down to the top floor until they were concluded . |
| 29 | His knee jerked up and down to the clacking of the metronome on the piano lid . |
| 30 | He dipped the headlights and the far end of the tunnel seemed to leap towards us , bouncing up and down to the thump of our tyres on the sleepers . |