Example sentences of "ahead of [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went ahead of him up the narrow stairs , which twisted round . |
| 2 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 3 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |
| 4 | Nothing lay ahead of her except the thickening belts of trees that ringed the head of the valley . |
| 5 | Fat chance , she thought dismally , the prospect of two days and three nights without seeing him yawning ahead of her like the Grand Canyon . |
| 6 | She walked ahead of me on the narrow path ; she had slender legs and pretty ankles . |
| 7 | ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’ |
| 8 | I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump . |
| 9 | The man leans against the gate two hundred yards ahead of us along the muddy path . |
| 10 | The tunnel entrance had grown big , the stone arch of it rearing up ahead of us like the open jaws of some petrified monster . |