Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] along " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could of course have taken the easy option and given himself up , or laid up along the coast somewhere until the advancing Eighth Army caught up with him . |
| 2 | The worlds they encompass read end to end do n't add up or line up along a single straight trajectory . |
| 3 | Behind the major properties were a number of cottages huddled together in yards or strung out along the lanes . |
| 4 | Of all the German patriotic associations that sprang up along the eastern borders in the 1890s it was the Ostmarkenverein , the Eastern Marches Society founded in 1894 , that was to have the most profound impact on German border society . |
| 5 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 6 | When the suggestion of a flight along the whole coastline of South Devon and Cornwall , stopping perhaps for a cream tea at Land 's End , and back up along North Cornwall , Devon and Somerset was made , it struck me as a perfect combination of scenic beauty and very little flight planning . |
| 7 | The fire was not lit and the room did n't seem as cheerful and welcoming as it had the night before ; they broke their fast quickly on warm oat cakes and mulled wine , saddled their horses and rode back along the track to the highway . |
| 8 | She turned her back on the squabbling creatures and crept off along the footpath . |
| 9 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 10 | They left the shop and headed back along the road , Sammy crawling miserably along behind them . |
| 11 | He then grabbed the reins and drove back along the road , leaving the wounded post-boy to stagger to the nearest village . |
| 12 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 13 | She patted down the earth in each pot , watered them from a slimy tin , arranged them in a row on the ledge , and darted back along the path to the house . |
| 14 | Hug the person or creature , give it your love , and walk on along the forest path . |
| 15 | Jumping spiders will make detours to reach their prey ; for example , it may be necessary for the spider to leave the branch on which it is standing , climb up the stem , and walk out along another branch . |
| 16 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 17 | Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on . |
| 18 | They took one last look at the newly laid keel and walked back along East Street together , Harry and Ann arm in arm , but Sam and Martha holding hands , because they were still like lovebirds together and did n't mind the world knowing it . |
| 19 | We crossed another bridge and walked back along the opposite side : bitter-sweet robin notes ; wheeze of green finch ; ‘ chook , chook ’ of blackbird ; ‘ huit ’ call of chaff inch ; trill of wren . |
| 20 | At Ballyconneely , with the Twelve Pins at their backs , they went down a track and faced the black Atlantic , left the low-slung car and scrambled out along the headland until they found , amazingly , a concrete pillbox , a relic of the war in which , surely , the Free State had been a neutral ? |
| 21 | The road for the tunnel here bears off to the left and rises up along the glorious valley of Aragnouet , half pasture , half pine woods , past a road leading off to another new ski station , at Piau-Engaly . |
| 22 | He opened his eyes , and looked back along the ship . |
| 23 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 24 | They left the goose in the dairy and went back along the passage and through a swing door with baize on one side into a wide , dark hall where a grandfather clock ticked in one corner and a small oil lamp threw shadows . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's go , girl , ’ he said and went back along the street . |
| 26 | Follow the path to the summit of Shining Tor and carry on along the right hand side of the wall to eventually ascend Cats Tor . |
| 27 | When she blinked , the tears overflowed and ran back along her cheekbones to her ears , where the swaddling absorbed them . |
| 28 | To save time , Trent propped the gun against a palm , draping the bandoleer over the barrel , and ran out along the millionaire 's dock . |
| 29 | Jess abandoned all idea of water and ran out along the path and through the gateway with Salt limping behind . |
| 30 | She , Bambi , Nell and the Youngs made their way past me without looking at me and continued on along the corridor beside the kitchen , going to inspect the revised quarters which I knew were in the sleeping car forward of Filmer 's . |