Example sentences of "along in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nursed the car along in low gear . |
| 2 | In other words , watching the film persuaded me that despite the intricacy of the life-producing process , it is not wrong to think of helping it along in certain ways . |
| 3 | On the right and the left of my track , padding along in parallel silence were bears . |
| 4 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 5 | At night when I lay awake in bed , vast processions passed along in mournful pomp ; friezes of never-ending stories … ’ |
| 6 | This is the slowest part of his morning journey , but the Jaguar , whispering along in automatic , takes the strain . |
| 7 | The complacent citizen looks up and sees a distant jet 's contrails , whooshing along in impressive white streams . |
| 8 | The other nomes trudged along in weary silence . |
| 9 | We would be marching along in perfect time , waiting for the cue to start a new verse , when suddenly Da Silva , or Gionesca the Italian , who were both incapable of marching correctly , would pipe up by themselves . |
| 10 | They passed the delicate white blossoms of wild cherry , Sheila striding along in angry resentment , Mona following in her shadow . |
| 11 | Back in the spacecraft she found herself weightless , coasting along in empty space . |
| 12 | Peterborough are jogging along in midtable while United are slipping down … |
| 13 | Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese . |
| 14 | Also at about the same moment as the homing rat disappeared into the maze of runs under the city , scurrying along in faultless obedience to an ancient instinct , the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork picked up the letters delivered that morning by albatross . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , in her mind , she had visions of the Brownings rattling along in high good humour with all manner of beautiful vistas to right and left as they trotted to Arezzo and she could hear the conversation and Pen 's excited laughter . |
| 16 | The online catalogue has exposed obstacles to effective retrieval which library and catalogue users have faced all along in previous manual systems . |
| 17 | Two more came along in quick succession , 1lb 7oz and 1lb-11 , then all activity ceased . |
| 18 | She drifted helplessly along in calm water at just over three knots , making it virtually impossible to assess her sailing characteristics . |