Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] along [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sierra Leone government promised the AfDB there would be strict environmental protection measures , but despite such assurances , loggers , farmers and charcoal-burners moved in along the new road , eating into the rainforest . |
| 2 | Resolving to ‘ quit all my friends and tear myself away from my home ’ , he headed off along the North African coast in the direction of Mecca , driven onwards by what he described as ‘ an overmastering impulse from within' . |
| 3 | The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance . |
| 4 | He moved off along the shelves , reading as he went . |
| 5 | Lissa pressed her fingertips to the window-pane , as though in some way that would keep him near to her , but the ambulance moved off along the road and the fragile connection was severed . |
| 6 | Then the line of vehicles pulled away one by one , forming a loose convoy as they moved off along the deserted main street , heading for the edge of town . |
| 7 | A test was arranged involving a detachment of Guards who lined up along the WCs and flushed in unison . |
| 8 | The seamen aboard Villa de Bilbao lined up along the bow and the starting gun was fired . |
| 9 | We headed out along the waterfront towards the port , but it felt as if I was treading water . |
| 10 | They left the shop and headed back along the road , Sammy crawling miserably along behind them . |
| 11 | She moved back along the counter and , picking up a box of the sugared candy , she was about to scoop some into the scales when the shop bell rang again . |
| 12 | This selection covers everything from John Cale , Todd Rundgren and Roddy Frame to echoes of Brecht/Weill and Richard Rodgers , with a Philip Larkin poem added in along the way , and it works because of the versatility of her gentle but dramatic singing , and the elegant but sparse settings by the producer and pianist , Mimi Izumi Koyabashi . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They came back along the path that threaded a way between the sand dunes . |
| 15 | Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line . |
| 16 | Constance felt let down but , more , she was overcome with indignant self-pity as she slowly cycled back along the drive that linked the Hall to the main road . |
| 17 | She could only have driven about a mile , she estimated , but as she trudged back along the road it seemed like a marathon trek . |
| 18 | The tumbled ruin that was Chilete disappeared almost immediately , swallowed up by the mist , as we drove out along the broad , freshly graded road , the walls of a valley gorge closing in . |
| 19 | They stopped at a small bar where everybody spoke Irish , which made Jessica feel very odd , as if she had wandered to a very foreign country , then drove out along the switchback road laid on the bog , through soil so thin and bitter that the white stone bones of Ireland protruded everywhere , mocking the tiny ancient farmsteads where generations had failed even to subsist . |
| 20 | He then grabbed the reins and drove back along the road , leaving the wounded post-boy to stagger to the nearest village . |
| 21 | Strolled back along the Park , then up one of the side-streets . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They came out along the track we just followed , the very same one . |
| 24 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 25 | She turned her back on the squabbling creatures and crept off along the footpath . |
| 26 | Then Ockleton turned off along a narrow lane and , a few moments later , they pulled up by the church . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards Cinzia turned off along an unpaved minor road . |
| 28 | ‘ Serves you right ! ’ shouted Dick , and snatching up the rope raced off along the path , closely followed by Chuck . |
| 29 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 30 | 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 . |