Example sentences of "[conj] he walked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When school was over , Mr Trilby decided to investigate further , so he walked to the house where Miss Trunchbull lived on the edge of the village , the lovely small red-brick Georgian building known as The Red House , tucked away in the woods behind the hills . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'm not in the navy , ’ said Bogart , and he walked through the ship , up and down . |
| 3 | The traffic had started to move more freely now and he walked to the bus shelter at the roadside , and waited . |
| 4 | And er , and he thought he was all hard , right and he was walking , I know he 's a dog but he , he , he knows , you know what I mean , and he walked past the shop and the dog come out the shop you should 've seen my wisht up in my arms Could n't stop laughing . |
| 5 | Night after night she 'd nag , and in the morning would peck his cheek affectionately if he walked by the cooker where she was frying up his bacon and eggs for breakfast . |
| 6 | Er then he , he , I sent for the police because he walked out the door and he , he threatened to kill himself . |
| 7 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 8 | When he walked through the factory gates that afternoon he 'd walked away from everything . |
| 9 | when he walked through the bushes |
| 10 | When he finally got there , when he walked through the town , he sensed a tension amongst those who saw him . |
| 11 | And I was very worried that neither of us would be with Sir Henry when he walked across the moor that night . |
| 12 | But when he walked on the field you 'd think it was Goliath coming on there . ’ |
| 13 | It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty . |
| 14 | It was a shock , I can tell you , when he walked into the centre and I realised he was my new medical officer . ’ |
| 15 | She was pouring herself more coffee when he walked into the conservatory . |
| 16 | I was staring at a wall-sized mirror when he walked into the bar . |
| 17 | When he walked into the office the next day he found the new proprietor 's considerable bulk squeezed into his own chair , took the point and resigned . |
| 18 | It became Minton 's second home , to such an extent that on one occasion when he walked into the Caves de France , a long , dark , rather Spartan bar which had a club licence and stayed open during the afternoons , he confronted a crowd of around fifteen of his friends , a throng he himself had largely created through introducing one to another . |
| 19 | Benny had made friends with the local tobacconist and when he walked into the shop at four-thirty-five on Monday he was immediately drawn into conversation . |
| 20 | The following morning , Lucien nearly retched in horror when he walked into the practise court and saw Amber Epipheny conversing with Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 21 | He could n't imagine a government servant working abroad who did not feel that tug of pleasure when he walked up the steps of his embassy in a foreign capital . |
| 22 | The Earl of Shrewsbury once told me that when he walked in the park , Wolsey would suffer no one to come within bowshot of him . |
| 23 | As he walked between the lines of cars he saw that one of them was parked so it was sticking out . |
| 24 | A knot of men stood on the other side of the broad avenue as he walked through the gate . |
| 25 | As he walked through the yard he heard Renee 's shrill voice . |
| 26 | He heard the lamentations and cries as he walked through the Galilee Gate , and hurried around to the main entrance where a distraught Lady Amelia was being supported by the two Sub-prioresses , their own cheeks wet with tears . |
| 27 | The landlord of the Commercial Hotel gave him a nod as he walked through the door . |
| 28 | As soon as he walked through the door of the rather dark basement flat in the Bayswater Road and heard her explain that Pauline 's boyfriend was ill so she had gone off to his place to see what she could do for him , Freddie wanted to flee . |
| 29 | Almost as soon as he walked through the door of his office , his phone started to ring . |
| 30 | As he walked through the centre of the town he saw a large group of navvies sauntering across the wide market square , whistling at the women and calling out to any particularly young or good-looking girls — or those of any age who were careless enough to throw a smile in their direction . |