Example sentences of "along the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Walk along the beach at sunset .
2 But the awareness of what might have been had not some stalwart Cornishman come along the beach in the nick of time and the thought of the possible after-effects on both Celia and Liza haunted him .
3 The result is that they move along the beach with a type of zigzag motion ( Fig. 8.14 ) .
4 After mid-morning Sunday mass many come from the church , walk down the short steep hill of Santa Maria in Portico , cross the Riviera di Chiaia and stroll along the Villa Nazionale for a sight of the sea and the majestic sweep of the rocky shore of the Bay of Naples .
5 As you stroll or stumble along the ridge , you are presented with a vista of deep gullies , rarely without snow , and terrifying chimneys slicing up through the rock .
6 As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down .
7 Continue along the ridge for another two miles on grassy tracks .
8 I walk along the water , laughing .
9 Read along the top of the grid to see kinds of transition , and down the left-hand side for a list of common connective expressions .
10 The car tyres bruise along the tarmac and the cabin is full of unspoken hurt .
11 If anyone is still watching this flat , they 'll be doing it casually : drive by twice a day , walk along the balcony maybe , see if the milk has been taken .
12 I turn right , and walk along the balcony that way , so I do n't pass in front of Jancey 's window .
13 The noise of a lock operating somewhere made them both look along the companionway .
14 Many of the paper and board mills remain along the river near the old docks .
15 Sometimes when the rapids ahead looked particularly fearsome we 'd stop and walk along the river bank to see if they were navigable .
16 Continue along the river and cross over the footbridge just after Gudham Gill flows into the River Nent .
17 Cafés stretch along the river bank , and many of the old half-timbered houses so characteristic of this region conceal bars , restaurants and coffee shops .
18 I understand at one time it was possible to cross the river by means of stepping stones but these are no longer in position and the landowner finds that walkers wander along the river bank looking for the path and for a way to cross the river .
19 She sat by the guttering fire and watched creatures move along the river .
20 I follow the line of the hedge along the side of the road , ducking once as a car drives past on the road ; its headlights sweep along the hedge above me .
21 Ride along the promenade in a Dotto Train or relax on our award winning beach .
22 But it is impossible to say at what point along the continuum the change from one form of the language to another occurs , or to determine how many distinct forms there are .
23 Their lateral line organs are buried in canals which run along the head and body , and open into the water through pores .
24 In fact , it has been shown that finger ridges decrease along the scale XO-XY-XX-XYY-XXY-XXYY-XXXX .
25 This takes a similar form to the Arch of Peace and is set off by the extended , arcaded arms that drift along the edge of the square .
26 Wander along the edge of the cliff .
27 Another day a gang of convicts , chained together and bearing the mark of the broad arrow , clank along the platform en route for Portland , Dartmoor or Warwick …
28 I run along the platform with the train , and thump again .
29 As you wind along the corniche roads , passing vineyards and olive groves , you are sure to be reminded of the Côte d'Azur .
30 Should you decide to go that way , it is imperative not to take the main road , the N10 ( let alone the adjacent motorway ) , but to turn sea wards , to the right , in Ciboure , once you have crossed the Nivelle , and drive along the Corniche Basque .
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