Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] ran [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The side corridor ran along the length of these three rooms , and opened at the other end of the car into a comfortable lounge , with settee , three armchairs , and tables . |
| 2 | We simply drove over Mount Lebanon on the Damascus highway , turned a corner west of Chtaura where silver birches ran beside the road and there , quite casually , stood a Syrian soldier in combat fatigues , rifle over his shoulder , cigarette in his mouth , a swaggerstick covered in snakeskin in his right hand . |
| 3 | The Tin Tunnel ran along the stretch of railway above Kirknettle Mill to the bridge for approximately two hundred metres . |
| 4 | The so-called Alamein position ran from the sea southwards to the edge of the Qattara Depression , a deep chasm 150 miles long and with very steep sides . |
| 5 | Miandad was still shouting and waving his arms about when a Pakistan supporter ran onto the ground and was repelled by two stewards . |
| 6 | The upstairs house ran above the two shops to form spacious living quarters , which were surprisingly well-furnished and comfortable . |
| 7 | Arthur 's name was flashed round the world on TV when Britain 's Phylis Smith ran in the 400 metres heats . |
| 8 | When Chuck Sherman ran into the thicket , his father seemed to be bending over the great bull 's lowered head in an attitude of extreme tenderness . |
| 9 | Aunt Nellie ran to the telephone , but Jenny stood still , thinking hard . |
| 10 | Sandy Lyle was slightly unlucky that that second shot ran off the green into a depression called Duncan 's Hollow , and definitely unlucky that his third shot , which he attempted to finesse , failed by a fraction and ran back to the edge of the green . |
| 11 | A narrow gauge track ran along the platform surface , its polished rails carrying the 16mm colour film camera and cameraman on a four wheeled dolly , pushed along by manpower and matching the pace of the train . |
| 12 | William Darling ran into the room . |
| 13 | Once out of sight of the house with its menaces and disappointments Nicandra ran down the drive , jogging and shaking to set herself free from what was not a baby . |
| 14 | The foral provinces were exempt from Spanish conscription , taxation , and customs duties : thus the national customs frontier ran along the Ebro . |
| 15 | Screeching MacIans ran for the woods . |
| 16 | But just before half-time , Joey Beauchamp ran to the rescue ; a valuable goal this one . |
| 17 | At that moment Joseph ran into the lobby , reassured her with his affable smile . |
| 18 | That evening Miranda ran down the stairs to her drawing room ; her heart was beating hard and she was short of breath . |
| 19 | To return to the lines on the other side of Croydon , the Tooting line , on leaving Tamworth Road terminus ran through the older part of the town in very narrow streets , until it passed the barracks in Mitcham Road . |
| 20 | Reggie had owned the Weir House near Alresford , an attractive place where a well-stocked trout stream ran past the cedars on the lawn . |
| 21 | We held our breath , and with hearts pounding ran through the danger area . |
| 22 | I jogged round in 23.2 seconds , a trifle faster than Simmone Jacobs ran in the women 's event . |
| 23 | A British management researcher visiting the US recently listened enthralled as the chauffeur driving him to Kennedy Airport ran through the detailed mission statement of the leading American hospital that employed him . |
| 24 | He broke his silence once , talking through a full mouth as the hamburger sauce ran down the side of his mouth . |
| 25 | A woman driver ran into the back of his car at traffic lights in Formby . |
| 26 | An impression of the River Thames ran through the report . |
| 27 | Snail tracks of peach juice ran from the heel of his hand , over his chest and down to the hollow of his belly . |
| 28 | In 1951 , therefore , the last passenger train ran on the Louth-Bardney line . |
| 29 | The main Derby — Chesterfield road ran along the other flank and this was fenced off with rabbit-proof wire netting and was screened from the road by a long , narrow spinney . |
| 30 | The Reagan crowd ran against the government and against Sacramento and they came in on their white horses and railed against the Legislature . |