Example sentences of "[was/were] walk [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When fellow platoon-members wondered why they were there , fighting primitive jungle wars nobody at home seemed to care for when men were walking on the moon , North could not understand them . |
| 2 | One day , while he and I were walking on the moors , he announced , ‘ Jane , I 'll be leaving in six weeks . ’ |
| 3 | Further on , a hundred yards off-shore , as if he were walking on the water , his companion disturbed the glass-still lagoon as he strode through the shallows over a sand bar . |
| 4 | Within the shortest space of time , they were walking into the lounge of an hotel that had seen better days but was still surprisingly well patronised ; by a variety of habitués , mostly male , and all , whether uniformed or civilian , contriving to give the place an air of distinction . |
| 5 | And after we left and were walking into the street , he asked , ‘ Do you think there 'll be a war ? ’ |
| 6 | As they were walking into the square , David did venture to ask whether Julia had yet got over her aversion to St Mark 's itself . |
| 7 | One field away , two men were walking across the plough with lurchers on leads . |
| 8 | They were walking along the shore , arms linked against the wind , when he said . |
| 9 | We were walking along the sea wall at Fries ton in Lincolnshire , possibly the coldest place in England that day ( we learned later ) . |
| 10 | We were walking along the front towards the Palace Pier when she took my arm . |
| 11 | Other skiers who were walking along the path above us towards Chamonix watched in disbelief . |
| 12 | We were walking along the promenade feeling really good in our best gear , when I looked down at my feet . |
| 13 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 14 | They were walking to the boat . |
| 15 | Just before the clock struck five the next morning , Gabriel and Coggan were walking to the hayfields past their mistress 's house , when they saw a surprising sight . |
| 16 | But when we talked directly with them , they refused to confirm this , they refused to put us in touch with the ship , they refused to confirm whether or not er the four activists who were walking to the test site had been apprehended , whether they 're safe , whether they 're being held separately , and so on . |
| 17 | We were walking past the church one Saturday afternoon where there was a wedding going on . |
| 18 | ‘ All we knew was that we were walking down the street and people were throwing eggs . |
| 19 | A few seconds later , they were walking down the road . |
| 20 | It gets its name from the fact that it requires a fighter simply to raise his hands in a defensive position and bend his legs slightly , almost as if he were walking down the street . |
| 21 | If I 'd a , if I were walking down the street going Nigger ! sorry ! |
| 22 | ‘ We had been to the pub down the road and were walking towards the crossing when we saw the train was coming , ‘ she said . |
| 23 | Soon , however , they found themselves in a nightmare situation for although they were walking towards the train they seemed to get no nearer to it . |
| 24 | Cleveland county councillor Peter Hayden , who represents Brotton , said : ‘ I have heard two women were walking under the bridge just minutes before . |
| 25 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |
| 26 | His mother and father were walking beside the bank of the stream , talking . |
| 27 | We were walking up the road from the hotel when a young man padded up behind us and greeted us in English . |
| 28 | The young couple were walking up the drive , arms about each other . |
| 29 | With Mario , you felt that if you were walking through the wilds and a bear came bellowing from behind a tree , Mario would seize its paw , shake it vigorously and tell it a good story . |
| 30 | Flora and I were walking through the palm grove , on mud paths between tiny squares of pale green barley . |