Example sentences of "[verb] along the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Using the oily rag , rub along the back rail several times , then , taking a clean very lightly oiled rag , run it along the front edge of the needlebed .
2 As you wind along the corniche roads , passing vineyards and olive groves , you are sure to be reminded of the Côte d'Azur .
3 Skulk along the shore and feed off others ’ carrion .
4 When I peer along the track I see that it will be on the track across from me , going south to the river .
5 Many of the paper and board mills remain along the river near the old docks .
6 Young caterpillars are very small and either graze along the surface of leaves or take tiny bites from the edges of young leaves .
7 This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel .
8 We belt along the freeway , clearing a good fifty miles , when suddenly Lucker slams a hard fist down on the dashboard .
9 Repeat along the length , so that all the triangles are evenly placed and cover the edge ( illustration 5 ) .
10 ‘ Disco gear ; we have the most fantastic make-up and we dance along the catwalk to the most way-out music , which Roman has had specially composed . ’
11 All clear : sparks fly along the nerve wires , pins and needles and it 's over .
12 While cats slink along the wall
13 I slit along the seam of the cardboard wrapper where it had been taped over .
14 In Bright Angel the heat is intense and cacti with red and yellow flowers grow along the sides of the trail among great sheared-off blocks of stone .
15 When stories appear along the lines that in another life you were a peasant girl who starved to death during Ireland 's potato famine you know you 've arrived .
16 Payphone along the village — so take supply of coins .
17 Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks .
18 Temples abound along the coast .
19 Encapsulated in their nose-to-tail cars , stranded drivers read papers , picked their noses and talked to themselves , resigned to the rush-hour wait along the Chiswick High Road .
20 With poppy seeds on bread , sesame seeds on hamburgers and cress seeds sprouting on flannel , how is the parent to know , let along the child ?
21 The sea also began to break over us and wash along the decks .
22 Clacton Police will start the initiative on Monday aimed at clamping down on the young drivers who regularly roar along the town 's one-way system , screeching tyres and playing loud music on their car stereos .
23 Although they spread along the bank and searched the turbulence anxiously , there was no sign of the groom , either dead or alive .
24 But as he did he saw two hooded crows scutter along the cliff face and sneak down upon her , calling threateningly , and as she turned to them he was astonished to see that she moved clumsily , uncertainly , not as an adult eagle should .
25 But the committee chairman , the Labour MP , Gerald Kaufman , said : ‘ Either changes are made , I hope along the lines that we recommend , or I very much fear statutory regulation to which I am very , very much opposed . ’
26 Walk along the beach at sunset .
27 If anyone is still watching this flat , they 'll be doing it casually : drive by twice a day , walk along the balcony maybe , see if the milk has been taken .
28 I turn right , and walk along the balcony that way , so I do n't pass in front of Jancey 's window .
29 Walk along the sea front from Langney to Meads ; it will take you about an hour .
30 As you walk along the scene will change slightly and there will be more things for you to experience .
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