Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] village " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method today is with beaters and guns , but in the 18th and 19th centuries the sound of horn and hounds was often heard about the village . |
| 2 | A narrow lane branching off the village street led to it . |
| 3 | It is hardly possible to drive through the village and people have been climbing all over the wreck . |
| 4 | The research has also revealed a ghostly army which marches through the village , and a strange old system of farming … based on thirteen wooden balls in a sack |
| 5 | One possible event being planned involves children from the village lining up on the pavement next to the road to highlight how many of them are at risk from traffic that goes through the village every day . |
| 6 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 7 | In recent years a bypass was built , considerably lessening the load of traffic which passed through the village , and a period of comparative peace was enjoyed . |
| 8 | The landlord claimed a well-dressed young man also passed through the village about the same time . |
| 9 | He , like others , mentioned some young gallant who passed through the village about the same time . |
| 10 | All A66 traffic will be diverted through the village of Sadberge . |
| 11 | He lived as a village carpenter 's son . |
| 12 | On our return journey , we rode through a village where the houses , like ships , were moored along a canal and could be approached only over little bridges . |
| 13 | The house , she admitted grudgingly , could be found by driving through the village and taking a narrow turning to the left . |
| 14 | ‘ I remember getting in the car and driving through the village back to the main road … but … nothing else . ’ |
| 15 | You walk on to climb the slopes of Bulkeley Hill from where you head for the village of Bickerton and on the heathland of Bickerton Hill . |
| 16 | One evening as I was walking through the village , I heard a voice coming from the gable end of a cottage , ‘ Bonsoir , Monsieur . |
| 17 | Walking through the village I met Councillor Raymond Kilner cleaning out the well . |
| 18 | They were walking through the village . |
| 19 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |
| 20 | Well there was men walking through the village erm to stop them for a rest . |
| 21 | It was pinned in banknotes on the robes of the local thaumaturge as his statue — or hers was carried through the village , or dropped into the collecting pouches the sacristan poked into the pews . |
| 22 | The gamekeeper ran to the nearby camp of the navvies and with the aid of a sheep-hurdle Putt was carried through the village to the manor . |
| 23 | To find this they enlisted the help of the oldest inhabitant , Betty Bell , who prodded about the village green with her stick . |
| 24 | After the charter was read for the last time , the children , who had been joining the procession as it moved through the village , scrambled for new pennies thrown by the lord and lady of the manor . |
| 25 | Yes , the man was now across the road , walking towards the village with as casual a mien as he could muster . |
| 26 | As soon as the morning lessons were over and I had snatched a quick lunch I headed towards the village with my bag . |
| 27 | George Crabbe in his poem of 1802 , " The Parish Register " , writes of the village paupers as " Those who take from our reluctant hands / What Burn advises , or the Bench commands " . |
| 28 | Ancient marble columns and building blocks are scattered throughout the village , providing a doorstep here , a lintel there , or perhaps a few mooring posts . |
| 29 | The village of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ is situated beside the Marne canal , just east of Aÿ-Champagne and south of Avenay : few of its vines are located near the village itself , except for its best vineyard , a remarkable spur called the Clos des Goisses . |
| 30 | When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge . |