Example sentences of "walk [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The first thing she saw , though , was Julius walking slowly back to the house .
2 She had been walking slowly back to the terrace doors with him jogging at her elbow .
3 He was walking purposefully through into the garden , a huge lawn with an abundance of mimosa and roses , and untamed greenery bordering the edges .
4 She foiled their efforts by calmly walking straight up through the pine trees , her head muffled with a headscarf and flat cap , leaving Fleet Street 's finest clueless as to her identity .
5 Mechanically , it works almost as well on land as it does in water , so that providing a creature can find a way of breathing , there is little to prevent it walking straight out of the sea and up the beach .
6 Tabitha hung her bag on her shoulder and came walking nonchalantly down from the cockpit , not even glancing up to see the great cables gliding rapidly down towards her head .
7 I walk right up to the end of the platform .
8 I do n't want to go near them , so I walk right up against the shops , sort of leaning right against the windows so they wo n't get me .
9 Walk straight on to the Slavata Palace .
10 Some weep publicly ; others walk high up into the stands and sob quietly .
11 Forcing herself to walk slowly back to the apartment , she turned on the TV to catch the final closing stages of the race .
12 It was very nice being there this afternoon and being able to walk straight on to the lawn .
13 Fortunately , as it was still only a quarter past twelve , there was no queue and Lady Selvedge and Mrs Grandison were able to walk straight up to the counter and take their trays .
14 She turned away from him and began to walk blindly back to the car .
15 Thiercelin , who knew nothing of theatres , walked uneasily up to the door and knocked .
16 He put Nick down , and the lad hitched his pyjama trousers and walked wearily out of the lounge .
17 He smiled at all of us , nodding courteously to Lady Beatrice , then with his silent monks around him , walked wearily out of the guest house .
18 She walked right up to the front of the altar and stood still beside Mike .
19 When the door clicked he walked right through to the back , past two secretaries who did not even look up .
20 The Jerry troops just sort of walked right through in a lot of places , and the next thing anyone knew we were retreating .
21 I drifted after the three of them to watch the runners come out for the third race and was n't far behind them when they walked right down to the rails to see the contest from the closest possible quarters .
22 ‘ Here goes , ’ she muttered to herself , and walked slowly up to the door .
23 Horowitz replaced the phone , stood up slowly without a word , walked slowly up to the guard .
24 She pulled on a short silk nightdress — a rather extravagant Christmas present from one of her sisters — brushed her hair until the long dark strands gleamed , then walked slowly over to the window .
25 Sheila walked slowly over to the window and watched Cedric as he wheeled his bicycle across Beaumont Street towards St Giles ' .
26 He walked slowly over to the door , and stood looking down at her .
27 Then he walked slowly over to the edge of the hill and looked down .
28 He sat still for another half-hour or so , then got up and walked slowly out to the water 's edge .
29 Gathering her dignity together , Theda turned and walked slowly out of the bedchamber .
30 She walked slowly out of the casualty department .
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