Example sentences of "[vb past] slowly [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles wandered slowly up the village street in search of his valise . |
| 2 | A few minutes after eight , as they watched , a black flag moved slowly up the post . |
| 3 | We had spent a week at La Bérade — that little unspoilt mountain hamlet deep within the Dauphiné massif where Eric shipton stayed in 1925 for his first alpine season ; and though we 'd found the mountains bathed in light and little snow around as we drove slowly up the battered but stupendous road from St Christoph through Les Etages , his words about the view he had from the bus exactly mirrored our mood as we peered up through a windscreen at the hills : |
| 4 | Toy trucks moved between hangars ; a minute tractor drove slowly down the main runway . |
| 5 | He drove slowly down the wide Third Avenue . |
| 6 | An ice-cream girl sauntered slowly up the aisle with a loaded tray , up to her tits in choc-ices and orange drinks . |
| 7 | He waited until the guard was opposite him then he stepped deliberately over the warning rail and climbed slowly up the wire . |
| 8 | He turned and walked slowly up the avenue . |
| 9 | The ice-cream lady with the curly brown hair walked slowly up the aisle , her head turning this way and that in search of last-minute customers . |
| 10 | They walked slowly up the broad staircase , Alec holding the oil-lamp a little above his head . |
| 11 | She held my hand and we walked slowly up the yard . |
| 12 | ‘ I think your past is terribly romantic , ’ Madeleine said as they walked slowly up the staircase . |
| 13 | They walked slowly up the church path , past the old graves , those so seared by time and weather that they stood as grey shapes furred with lichen , names and dates no longer legible , uniform in obscurity . |
| 14 | Juliet walked slowly up the wide , curving staircase . |
| 15 | When her aunt was dressed she walked slowly down the narrow staircase in front of her in case , in her weak state , she should stumble . |
| 16 | The figure walked slowly down the shed . |
| 17 | Shrugging , she walked slowly down the ladder . |
| 18 | I put my gown on , taking as long as I could , and walked slowly down the passage to Nonni 's room . |
| 19 | She walked slowly down the gangway , her eyes lingering on the treasures she passed . |
| 20 | Left alone , Charlotte walked slowly down the length of the room , debating with herself how much or how little Holly McKitrick might know . |
| 21 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 22 | A remote , cool air enveloped her that caused more than one man to think twice about approaching her as she walked slowly down the length of the hall . |
| 23 | He walked slowly down the pavements . |
| 24 | Like this they bound slowly down the boulevard , with him laughing and kicking people 's hats awry as they come arcing back on to the pavement at the end of each step . |
| 25 | The father and daughter went slowly down the dark , narrow stairs to the kitchen . |
| 26 | He stepped forward and advanced slowly up the ramp , still singing in that voice which shook the rafters . |
| 27 | Moving like ants in a sand-trap we gasped slowly up the near-vertical rim of the secondary crater , into a storm of ash which masked the gathering dawn . |
| 28 | The hours slid slowly down the great entropy slope of the universe . |