Example sentences of "and [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . |
| 2 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 3 | I can remember him coming home and moaning about his ‘ blooming job ’ and travelling up and down on the train . ’ |
| 4 | And he banged the gun up and down on the gate . |
| 5 | They include poor handling and breaking in , anxiety or excitement , resentment of a particular form of work or a rider who bumps up and down on the horse 's back , or , of course , the horse may just simply prefer not to be ridden ! |
| 6 | The player relies on his feel for putting , and all that bobbing up and down on the green , as if in supplication , is really only confirmation of what the player is reading as the borrow anyway . |
| 7 | Believe it or not , I jump up and down on the touchline like that every week ! ’ |
| 8 | I laughed and thrashed my hand up and down on the arm of my chair in an ecstasy of amusement . |
| 9 | At the mention of ice cream the little girl became excited and animated , bouncing up and down on the bed . |
| 10 | They looked out of the window and down on the merrymakers . |
| 11 | Street upon street of small Chinese shopfront , a Manhattan-like skyline and junks bobbing up and down on the busy harbour from indelible images of this British colony . |
| 12 | And down on the previous year ? |
| 13 | Mr Azul bucks up and down on the bed in a bizarre parody of sexual energy . |
| 14 | I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat . |
| 15 | A tiny , rotund figure was stamping up and down on the daubed green of the false ground , like a drunken redneck at a hoedown , or an aboriginal at a corroboree . |
| 16 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
| 17 | And did you know that Page Up and Down shifted the whole document up and down on the screen ? |
| 18 | He laughs violently , excitedly , hammering his hand up and down on the desk . |
| 19 | The sergeant rubbed the palms of his hands up and down on the side of his chair and waited for his boss to continue . |
| 20 | According to one or two bold spirits who had succeeded in getting into it , it was so badly constructed that when they jumped up and down on the floor the entire building trembled . |
| 21 | Her heart began to beat faster , her body filled with energy and she jumped up and down on the spot . |
| 22 | They danced up and down on the gravel and shouted and sang out Alexandra 's name . |
| 23 | I screamed , jumping up and down on the bank , shaking my fist at the island . |
| 24 | ‘ Why , Mummy , ’ the child was asking in the bath , tickling her little bottom moving up and down on the sandy deposit at the bottom of the bath until Tony had nowhere for his legs , ‘ when the sky is blue very very blue all over and you look at it is it white ? ’ |
| 25 | Climbing over Felicity 's tousled bed , she shone a torch out and down on the garden . |
| 26 | Bishop Jon breathed gently , the stylus in his scrolled fingers voyaging up and down on the buoy of his abdomen . |
| 27 | Inching one eyelid open , Laura saw that Sophie — or was it Emma ? — was now happily bouncing up and down on the mattress beside her . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it would be a good idea if we all had a swim before breakfast , do n't you ? ’ he said , the announcement seized upon with alacrity by the two little girls who , once again , began jumping up and down on the mattress as if it were a trampoline . |
| 29 | And down on the River Thames , 1,000 oarsman and women continue the rowing tradition at the Wallingford Regatta . |
| 30 | SPEAKING of Sunderland , Michael Lathan from that fair city is jumping up and down on the table ( Backtrack , February 11 ) of the club 's most successful managers . |