Example sentences of "walk [adv prt] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 3 | Though himself a Lancastrian from Morecambe , he is interested in the whole tradition of the race and believes that walking round and round the same circuit would destroy the whole spirit of the race and is not to be contemplated . |
| 4 | I mean , erm she actually then chooses to walk up and down the third storey erm couple of pages later , Jane , when she wants a bit of solitude . |
| 5 | Men sat outside the cafés discussing business , chatting or playing briscola , a card game , as they sipped glasses of lambrusco , while we young girls walked up and down the main street and through the square on what was called the passeggiata , the promenade , hoping that we attracted the eyes of the boys who gathered in little groups . |
| 6 | It was a completely still , warm evening , and the three friends walked round and round the mile-long circuit of Addison 's Walk beneath the avenues of beeches . |