Example sentences of "i [verb] along [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 2 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 3 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 4 | I rode along the cliff top and then in between some trees . |
| 5 | As I bumped along the road on my stomach , my clothing experienced serious stress . |
| 6 | In terror , I peered along the great wide lateral arms of the cathedral . |
| 7 | I wandered along the sandy beach and saw just how mums and dads with kiddies and gran and grandad too , were enjoying a REAL family holiday in the sun . |
| 8 | I came along the river path when I came home from shopping . |
| 9 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 10 | As I drove along the edge of the lake eastwards , I was hardly conscious of the beautiful and placid scenery . |
| 11 | I strolled along the narrow path with the anticipatory exhilaration a fine morning bestows , that quids-in glow of youth , confident that there is more and better to come . |
| 12 | But a good spy is supposed to take risks , so after a while I tiptoed along the passage to Claire 's door and peeped in . |
| 13 | I tiptoed along the corridor and put my head gingerly round the semi-open door . |
| 14 | I trundled along the valley , keeping the curve of the plateau to my left and watching the distant Land Rover , which seemed to be going too far south . |
| 15 | I walked along the banks of the Tormes , sucking a native sweetmeat called Piedras del Tormes — pastel-tinted boiled sweets imitating the pebbles of that great river . |
| 16 | It was a very cold frosty night in December , and because the snow on the footpath was hard and uneven , and as slippery as ice , I walked along the edge of the road . |
| 17 | A beggar rooted in a bin as I walked along the riverside . |
| 18 | As I walked along the road that skirts the southern shore of Loch Leven , I met two fair ones , a Minna and a Brenda , walking leisurely , having as companion a jackdaw . |
| 19 | It was a cold , wet , typically late autumnal afternoon as I walked along the old trackbed , avoiding the many puddles of murky rainwater on my way . |
| 20 | I walked along the oak-railed gallery , looking both down and up at the magnificent chimney . |
| 21 | It came from the far side of the hotel ; I walked along the balcony to the far end . |
| 22 | And where this path ended , at the hedge of rosemary bushes , I walked along the edge of the vineyard where the vines , their branches outstretched to one another , appeared frozen in a formal dance . |
| 23 | Sometimes , when I finished work , I walked along the beaches or the cliffs . |
| 24 | I walked along the passage and turned a corner . |
| 25 | I walked along the passage and turned the corner . |
| 26 | First , I walked along the side of a little river . |
| 27 | I walked along the edge , then up to a small sand-covered hill . |
| 28 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 29 | I walked along the road while Frankland was watching me , but as soon as I was round the corner , I went towards the hill where we had seen the boy . |
| 30 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |