Example sentences of "ahead of [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Louise walked ahead of him up the path carrying the pie in a wicker basket .
2 But when he put his hand lightly on her shoulder to steer her ahead of him through the door she jumped involuntarily , powerless to control the response .
3 There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky .
4 Standing on that base , felt as solid but as yet unexamined , he can look ahead of him at the task , which is writing , in possession of the means to carry out that task , which is his language , but suddenly that vision is revealed as fantasy .
5 He stopped walking , staring straight ahead of him into the forest .
6 She went ahead of him into the living room .
7 She pulled away and walked ahead of him along the corridor , hearing the measured tread of his footsteps as he followed , and to her over-sensitive ears they seemed to match exactly the pounding , thudding beat of her heart .
8 Mr Parkinson was delayed by a dense bank of fog ahead of him on the line — Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , making his statement about the Barlow Clowes affair .
9 And on the subject of conspiracies , what future does Swedish winger Anders Limpar have at Highbury if a 20-year-old from up the Piccadilly Line at Wood Green is now ahead of him in the pecking order ?
10 So when he had seen the sign ahead of him in the street , he 'd walked right in and sat down and demanded to be attended to .
11 Ahead of them on the stretcher was Eve , her face white .
12 By now the Bonnard Renault must be a good 900 kilometres ahead of them on the road , and somewhere near Budapest .
13 Moran was either mowing a new field or tossing the field ahead of them with the tedder but he joined the band of girls under the shade of one of the big beeches when Rose came with the basket and can .
14 Their victory over Rangers extended their unbeaten run to 11 games and with only Blackburn and Norwich three points ahead of them at the top , their sights are being raised ever higher .
15 Holly-jack waved , then pointed ahead of them to the north .
16 Making an effort , Albert told Bella where they were going , and she sent a pair of children 's ski mitts ahead of them to the pension .
17 Jacob pointed to an elaborate fountain a hundred yards ahead of them in the middle of the road , the distance making the play of water seem frozen in midjet .
18 I used to supervise undergraduates at Cambridge and keep one week ahead of them in the course .
19 At ground level the street was lined with traditional little native shops , most of them carpenters , it seemed ; and as they came through the Tentmakers ' Bazaar , with its gay awnings and saddle-cloth and leather work , they saw ahead of them in the archway of the gate the gleam of the blue tiles of the tiny Dervish mosque .
20 The abundance of such stories amongst black sportsmen indicates clearly that , at the point of exit from school , they had fairly clear and well-rounded conceptions about what lay ahead of them in the world of employment .
21 Their shadows stretched far ahead of them in the morning sun , and he leapt down on to the shadow of the leader .
22 Suddenly , [ as an account of their voyage puts it ] they saw a narrow passage , like the mouth of a river , ahead of them in the surf , and they managed to steer into it .
23 Ramsay was interested to note , in the passing , how as a couple of boats entered the harbour ahead of them from the fishing , under the bridge between the two outermost towers , they each provided a basket of new-caught fish to be hoisted up on ropes to men on the bridge , this seemingly how they paid their rents and harbour dues to their lord .
24 Sabine stared ahead of her through the windscreen .
25 As she turned the corner , about four feet ahead of her at the saloon end of the passage , Nathan was sitting in the well-padded swivel chair bolted to the deck in front of the chart table .
26 Frank , going ahead of her to the boat , turns for her .
27 He went ahead of her to the concert hall , bought the tickets , and stood waiting for her in the foyer .
28 Stephen walked ahead of her on the river bank .
29 But he was striding ahead of her into the kitchen .
30 She sat very still , staring ahead of her into the gathering darkness .
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