Example sentences of "[pron] walked down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 2 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 3 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 4 | So I walked down to the sea and before long , I was at the ship and was swimming round it . |
| 5 | The Ptarmigan was closed , and so I walked down beneath the ski-tow towards the road . |
| 6 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 7 | When I went the receptionist was just leaving and she walked down into the town with me . |
| 8 | She walked down to the open market itself . |
| 9 | The memory of the outcome brought a smile to her face on that Saturday morning as she walked down towards the crouching figure of Aggie . |
| 10 | After tea we walked down through the remains of the garden . |
| 11 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 12 | We walked down to the car-park , through the rhododendrons , round the lake and over the willow-pattern bridge . |
| 13 | He was pin high to the left of the flag and the crowd was stamping and cheering as we walked down to the green . |
| 14 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 15 | As we walked down towards the community centre they all stopped off somewhere to steal some cymbals . |
| 16 | They walked down towards the town , and Julius finally stopped outside a small restaurant . |
| 17 | They walked down to the Old Rectory gates . |
| 18 | They stripped in silence and he took her hand as they walked down to the water 's edge . |
| 19 | Of Glenelg they saw little ; after breakfast on Thursday , 2 September , having parted company with their guides John Hay and Laughland Vass , they walked down to the shore and were ferried to Skye . |
| 20 | They walked down to the river , as a motley crowd milled about the jetties where the ferry boats left for the West Bank . |
| 21 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 22 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 23 | They walked down into the town , now concealed by darkness , despite regulations that lantern horns were to be displayed outside each house . |
| 24 | On the fateful night he ascended the stairs , passed through the barrier and greeted the porter on duty and then he walked down onto the track . |
| 25 | In the morning , having rectified the recorder fault , he walked down towards the station to look for a new location . |
| 26 | He walked down to the next floor where two men sat working at desks facing each other . |
| 27 | He walked down to the end . |
| 28 | Peter watched him as he walked down to the lych gate . |
| 29 | He walked down to the Redmond house with Anne to collect Sarah and to say goodbye to the Redmonds . |
| 30 | It was a shed hand actually , he did n't , was n't responsible for cash although he helped the cashier and er , I well remember this erm in those days the conductor used to either run into depot with the bus or he 'd get relief on the Cornhill , he walked down to the depot carrying his cash in his cash bag and then he 'd sit in the paying in room and he 'd laboriously cam carried out his cash , piling the pennies into stacks , the ha'pennies , the tokens , the sixpences , every denomination . |