Example sentences of "up and [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shots were going to look terrific , but this was ridiculous — the very thing I had been cynical about and did not wish to do I was doing ; carrying a bike both up and down a mountain . |
| 2 | It was like seeing someone walking up and down a wall . |
| 3 | There were bars up and down every street . |
| 4 | And flying up and down the stairs full of gin and nooky — no wonder she tripped and crashed all the way down . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( 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 . ) |
| 11 | Others die from collisions with vessels travelling up and down the river , and from explosions carried out during river bank construction . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'm sick of heaving trays up and down the stairs . |
| 13 | His hand reached out , feeling up and down the wall for the light switch . |
| 14 | ‘ Before his lead goes on , he enjoys being chased up and down the stairs and around the hall . |
| 15 | Feeling up and down the wall to his right , Mungo searched for a light switch . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Agnes looked up and down the street anxiously . |
| 19 | Men in civilian clothes moved up and down the steps leading into the narrow three-storey building . |
| 20 | He waved his hand up and down the road . |
| 21 | There was a man walking up and down the corridor outside . |
| 22 | ‘ Another atrocity , gentlemens , ’ said the Feldwebel , walking up and down the corridor . |
| 23 | But the older men — forty and upwards — they got off the side walk and paced up and down the road — deferential . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As she slammed the car door she saw curtains at lighted windows twitching up and down the road . |
| 26 | I put my head out of the door which was directly beside the hanging space , and looked up and down the corridor . |
| 27 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 28 | For two hours he 'd have me swimming after a brush held in front of my nose , while he set the pace up and down the side of the baths . |
| 29 | You ’ — to the men in the second car — ‘ get up and down the road . |
| 30 | With no time to wait for an ambulance , Colin , 27 , rang the midwife who issued instructions as he dashed up and down the stairs between the phone and the bathroom . |