Example sentences of "along [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A legless beggar pulled himself along through the slush on wooden slats . |
| 2 | There were several little alleyways that he might have used and they had a man watching each one ; but then in the end he approached from the other side , not through the bazaar at all but along through the streets , the way they themselves had come on that previous visit . |
| 3 | Her feet kept on blundering along through the darkness and a stitch stabbed at her side but she blinded herself to exhaustion and ran . |
| 4 | Ben 's heart was light as he swung along through the meadows that lay before the heights of Lulling Woods . |
| 5 | Rushed along through the dark , their faces soon settled to the same blank , tranced appearance as everyone else 's . |
| 6 | I knew there were other bags of cubes in the kitchen refrigerator , so , feeling that I had been walking the train for a lifetime , I went along through the dining room to fetch some . |
| 7 | It was quicker to go direct to Jamaica Road and along through the railway arch to Bermondsey Market , but Nellie made the detour purposely . |
| 8 | And it was going along through the woodlands , travelling like the river . |
| 9 | He was a bit of a character — he 'd have to get up at about four o'clock in the morning to cycle to work , and during the war , he was hurtling along during a blackout when suddenly the road disappeared and he went careering into a bomb crater , about 50 feet wide and 40 feet deep . |
| 10 | As I understand it , disabled people were using the Friends Meeting House for their meetings , but with the pedestrianisation they ca n't very well get their vehicles along during the day . |
| 11 | Staying close to the wooden wall , he crept along between the shed and the hedge . |
| 12 | Even I can remember there used to be a narrow strip of sand , winding along between the stones , Ruth thought ; it was n't a total waste of time , bringing our buckets and spades here when we were kids . |
| 13 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |
| 14 | Each tree consists of just two branches , 2–3ft long , running along about a foot off the ground . |
| 15 | It was true that the two had attended a house auction , but Kylie had simply gone along as a friend while Jason bid for the house he wanted to buy for himself . |
| 16 | Independent of separated words , as whole as water , it bore her along as a part of itself , a gold current that connected everything , a secret river running underground , the deep well , the source of life , a flood driving through her , salty breaker on her own beach , streams of words and non-words , voices calling out which were staccato , echoing , which promised bliss . |
| 17 | These things always come along as a bit of an afterthought because they are never going to make as much money as the workstation version , but Hewlett-Packard Co has now introduced its most powerful VMEbus board-level computer yet , and calls it the HP 9000 Model 742i . |
| 18 | " Take Tristram along as a younker , and let it be known in the village you 're doing so . |
| 19 | One project was to literally find out all of the old age pensioners in town and go along as a group of electricians and check all of their appliances for them . |
| 20 | ‘ However , he took you along as a witness . ’ |
| 21 | Egerton went , taking the very sensible precaution of asking Mickey Skinner along as a bodyguard . |
| 22 | I was privileged to be invited along as an observer at the latest meeting at which the question of the small company audit was discussed . |
| 23 | Kyaw Nyein went along as an Adviser , and Rance also wanted Thakin Nu to go : he was , he told London , ‘ The most important member of AFPFL Working Committee excluding Aung San ’ ( 29 December ) , but he remained behind to give direction to the League while the others were in London . |
| 24 | Let it carry him along for a bit longer . |
| 25 | He would just have to play along for a while and wait for an opportunity . |
| 26 | ‘ And — ah — I shall be in my study , and delighted to meet any of you , should you care to come along for a chat , ’ said the headmaster , very much as an afterthought , and clearly hoping they would n't . |
| 27 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 28 | The exhibition 's open to all , but it did n't take much to persuade Scotland Today 's Patsi MacKenzie to wander along for a preview . |
| 29 | Kim Barnes went along for a preview . |
| 30 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |