Example sentences of "up [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go past that , then there 's one or two ne ne newish buildings and then you come up to a spot where you drive in and you go up or over the concrete , that 's Norblast |
| 2 | In peacetime the place would be crowded with skiers on their way up or down the mountain . |
| 3 | Do not attempt to carry something up or down the stairs that is heavy , awkward , or restricts your vision , so that you can not see where you are placing your feet . |
| 4 | If you are planning to run the new cables temporarily on the surface up or down the walls , simply clip them in place with cable clips , or run them in slimline plastic minitrunking stuck to the wall surface . |
| 5 | For flush wiring , mark out the route of the cable up or down the wall , and use a club hammer and brick bolster to cut it out to a depth of a bout 18mm ( ¾″ ) . |
| 6 | If her hip and knee and ankle are as badly damaged as I hope — I mean as they could be — she 'll be unable to take herself up or down the stairs . |
| 7 | So , if anybody saw me on the morning after , either hobbling up or down the stairs in St Swithin 's or leaping up and down ( very slowly ) , with an ‘ ooh , ah ’ , accompanied by much frantic rubbing of calf muscles , you know why . |
| 8 | ’ Most of these shoplifters work their way up or down the road so by warning all the shops in the area , we know who to keep an eye on . |
| 9 | They are frequently denied the choice of living in the village in which they were born and brought up or in the village close to their employment . |
| 10 | And flying up and down the stairs full of gin and nooky — no wonder she tripped and crashed all the way down . ’ |
| 11 | I remember as a young man walking up and down the main street of the 1951 South Bank Exhibition for the sheer pleasure of it , and thinking how marvellous it would be if every town could have a street like this . |
| 12 | While the equipment is being set up people come in from their work outside and visitors start arriving from up and down the Whanganui river . |
| 13 | ‘ They seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely , making a lot of noise , rushing dramatically up and down the stairs , spraying the fire-hoses everywhere , and throwing the occasional bottle or glass at the other side . ’ |
| 14 | Clearly , all flats located in the northern part of the building enjoy views both up and down the river , because the building is located in a concave curve of the Thames . |
| 15 | Most of the hour Richard spent pacing up and down the corridor , stopping at windows to look out between the buildings at bare trees and transparent hedges . |
| 16 | ( When this portrait is removed , apparently , which it was once , early in this century , the ghost of Webb gallops noisily up and down the stairs . ) |
| 17 | Others die from collisions with vessels travelling up and down the river , and from explosions carried out during river bank construction . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 'm sick of heaving trays up and down the stairs . |
| 19 | His hand reached out , feeling up and down the wall for the light switch . |
| 20 | ‘ Before his lead goes on , he enjoys being chased up and down the stairs and around the hall . |
| 21 | Feeling up and down the wall to his right , Mungo searched for a light switch . |
| 22 | If she was out with other riders on the road , and they stopped to alter stirrups or to open gates , she was walked up and down the road until the others were ready . |
| 23 | Occasionally , the head of the house would commute up and down the river by paddle steamer during the week , visiting the Stock Exchange and attending to business , but apart from those few and the servants , the street was deserted . |
| 24 | Agnes looked up and down the street anxiously . |
| 25 | Men in civilian clothes moved up and down the steps leading into the narrow three-storey building . |
| 26 | He waved his hand up and down the road . |
| 27 | There was a man walking up and down the corridor outside . |
| 28 | ‘ Another atrocity , gentlemens , ’ said the Feldwebel , walking up and down the corridor . |
| 29 | But the older men — forty and upwards — they got off the side walk and paced up and down the road — deferential . |
| 30 | There all had seemed worthwhile , for going up and down the stairs I saw the familiar ‘ Barts ’ nurses holding precious little bundles in their arms . |