Example sentences of "up [conj] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their Game Genie gadget allows players to change the rules , speed up or slow down the action . |
| 2 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 3 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 4 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
| 5 | I 'd sat on my palliasse writing notes , watching Selma plait her hair , trying to decide when to get up and walk down the inlet far enough to be out of sight in order to go to the loo . |
| 6 | He got up and ran down the rock . |
| 7 | It was too hot on the roof so she got up and slithered down the ivy into the dark , damp place at the side of the boathouse and went indoors . |
| 8 | An elderly Indian woman in a sari is closing up and bringing down the grated gate . |
| 9 | Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . |
| 10 | Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare . |
| 11 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 12 | The organizer tells a story and , when a couple 's word is mentioned , they jump up and run down the outside of the teams , back to the other end jumping over the legs and then back to their seats . |
| 13 | agreed to take to set up and take down the stall and be there for most of the day . |
| 14 | Because I enjoy bathing , washing up and hosing down the car , the concept appealed to me . |
| 15 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |