Example sentences of "as [pron] walked [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 2 | But of course , I told myself as I walked along an echoing corridor , it never did hurt nowadays . |
| 3 | She saw Elaine as soon as she walked up the planked wooden steps to the bar , and noticed as she drew closer that her friend was already tipsy . |
| 4 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 5 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 6 | ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us . |
| 7 | I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’ |
| 8 | Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements . |
| 9 | ‘ No need to get shirty , ’ Marler responded mildly as they walked along a quiet , carpeted corridor . |
| 10 | He continued to talk thus now , as they walked down the grand vista , away from the formal gardens and into the woodland rides , where classical figures loomed from the undergrowth and the serpentine rill wound away towards a distant temple . |