Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] along the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sara leaned over the gate , a slight figure who had been obscured behind them began walking towards her along the hedge . |
| 2 | A lorry rolled past us along the road , its crumbling body bright with painted pictures plastered over with dust . |
| 3 | Vitor moved towards her along the sofa . |
| 4 | So , if I want to play a melody , I 'll think of it along the strings rather than across , to take advantage of that . |
| 5 | Blackberry did not answer and Hazel and Bigwig hopped towards him along the verge . |
| 6 | Before the side-car receded from her along the straight avenue , she observed a gun case ( sometimes Anderson shot the bogs with Dada ) , a rod case , and a bulging Gladstone bag tied together in the space ( called the well ) situated between the opposite wings of the sidecar . |
| 7 | You walk to it along the foot of the gorge , through tunnels at one point , and then climb about twelve pitches that are never harder than HVS . |
| 8 | His greatest pleasure was to walk with her along the seashore . |
| 9 | Ashley frowned at him along the length of the sofa . |
| 10 | The Senator took his elder son by the elbow and , still talking , motioned him to stroll with him along the deck . |
| 11 | Elinor said , pointing to a figure marching towards us along the riverside . |
| 12 | Nellie 's face took on a hard look as she walked beside him along the tiled corridor . |
| 13 | He 'll end up running after her along the platform , bundling books and plaice and Government papers in through the window of the carriage at her as the train moves out … |
| 14 | And it was then that she saw Christie Goldsborough coming towards her along the path , his spectacular , fur-lined driving-cape swinging loose around his shoulders , his feet encased in the finest quality leather , his carriage — a shiny , high-perch sporting phaeton — waiting for him just there , in the road beyond the church wall , whenever he had a mind to take the reins in his gloved hands and go dashing off to drink champagne and eat bride-cake at Frizingley Hall . |
| 15 | A couple of Saturdays previously , she had walked with him along the Portobello Road . |
| 16 | She kneels to him along the leaning |
| 17 | This one sheet of graph paper for our dieter will therefore have twelve points marked on it along the bottom axis ( one for each month ) and around thirty points marked on the other axis ( each point representing 1 lb or 0.45 kg ) . |
| 18 | Nick said , and Frederick roared with laughter and swung him up on his shoulder and ran with him along the railway line as if he weighed nothing . |
| 19 | ‘ Angel , ’ murmured Jay , waving to her along the dark road . |
| 20 | The small flock of eight flitted before me along the hedgerow , drawing my attention to a white post in a bed of slender St John 's wort and wood sage . |
| 21 | Probably his huge bribe was paid to him along the same obscure channels . |