Example sentences of "[pron] was walking [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’
2 I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know .
3 One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me .
4 She was walking down towards the ferry with Mr Clark and found the way blocked by a stationary train of wagons .
5 The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could .
6 Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals .
7 That had been their agreement , and , if she was walking out on the deal earlier than expected , it was as much his fault as hers .
8 He lifted a hand off his cup in weary salute to one of his sergeants. a very dark Scot in a crumpled grey suit who was walking over from the counter , and the man altered course to sit opposite him .
9 who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I
10 Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move .
11 He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head .
12 Clarissa said she was glad she had n't known he was walking about in the open .
13 Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins .
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