Example sentences of "slowly [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a young boy there with his cows at the time , and he told Kalchu that he had watched the bull and it had walked slowly right round the circumference of the Kālādika , before lying down where Kalchu had found it . |
| 2 | ABDELATIF AREBEYAT walks slowly on to the podium , utters a Koranic greeting and opens a new day of business in the Jordanian parliament . |
| 3 | She was chiefly aware that his passing had served them well ; for the under-bailiffs had relaxed their vigilance , and were moving slowly downhill towards the gate , and suffering the crowd , those who willed , to move in that direction with them . |
| 4 | They swam slowly together round the boat . |
| 5 | He sketched a slight , mocking bow and left her , and Merrill went slowly along to the cloakroom . |
| 6 | She went slowly along to the door she knew led into his study , and now it was Jenna 's brow that was creased in a frown . |
| 7 | Juliet went slowly along to the nurses ' station , where the trolley of files was kept . |
| 8 | As the dust spun slowly down through the sunlight on to Miss Harker 's silent form , he waited patiently at her elbow like a wizened monkey whose master , the organ-grinder , has fallen asleep and forgotten to start the music . |
| 9 | If a block of Pycoma were lit simultaneously all over the top surface , say by a fast-running sheet-fuse , the combustion zone would travel slowly down through the block . |
| 10 | ‘ Right , ’ he eventually whispered , ‘ we 'll advance slowly down through the forest , stopping every few yards to listen for the enemy , while at the same time using the trees for cover . |
| 11 | Julia stayed the rest of the day in bed , got up and bathed at six , dressed carefully in a green shirt and black jeans , and then walked slowly down to the town . |
| 12 | I tugged my boots to running tension after checking my socks were straight and unruffled , then jogged slowly down to the line of hard sand between the seaweed tidelines . |
| 13 | See the idea was it it picked up the the balls , took them to the and then the ball rolled round inside globe , slowly down to the bottom and then picked it up |
| 14 | Had the laundries been at the Riviera end all the detritus from the other businesses , the discarded vegetables and smashed fruit of the greengrocers , the scales and fish heads and guts deposited on the street by the two fishmongers , would have passed by and probably soiled some of the clothes as the intermittent hosing down of the street caused all this muck and filth to edge its way slowly down towards the Bay . |
| 15 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 16 | Putting his hands on her shoulders , he drew them slowly down over the full curves , feeling , weighing , drawing a fingertip across the tightening nipples . |
| 17 | As he placed it slowly down on the table , he took a deep breath . |
| 18 | There were mangoes on the table and flat bread and a dish of scrambled eggs , so I took a spoonful of egg and put it slowly down on the terrace , as I thought any human being would do . |
| 19 | Drawn slowly down into the cloud 's white , |
| 20 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 21 | Catching her hand , he tucked it into his arm and they walked slowly down into the village . |
| 22 | As soluble nitrate travels very slowly down from the surface into aquifers , present changes in water quality stem from changes in land use many years ago . |
| 23 | He dreamed of a multitude of chandeliers , all lit up with candles , coming slowly down from the ceiling , while he and his sister Mary watched . |
| 24 | It was an exquisitely warm afternoon in Aswan-just the sort of day for which the swallows fly so far , When the Shah walked slowly down from the plane , looking drawn and exhausted , Sadat stepped forward to kiss him on both cheeks — despite advice from his officials that he should be more circumspect with the fallen King . |
| 25 | The flare had drifted slowly down behind the church on the village green and was followed quickly by a long burst of automatic fire . |
| 26 | The day before our return , as we looked out over the battlements , we saw a succession of thick black clouds driving slowly in over the sand flats and camel grass . |
| 27 | An ice-cream girl lurched slowly backwards down the aisle . |
| 28 | Two species of butterfly fish have been observed to swim slowly backwards at the first hint of trouble , making their false eyes seem even more real . |
| 29 | Then he walked slowly over to the edge of the hill and looked down . |
| 30 | He walked slowly over to the door , and stood looking down at her . |