Example sentences of "[be] walking [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were walking along a smallish road to the left of the extraordinary green-and-white-striped cathedral and David suddenly stopped and put both hands on Julia 's shoulders . |
| 2 | They were walking along a broad corridor between glass-partitioned offices , lit by bleak fluorescent strip lighting , where sallow-faced men in shirt-sleeves stared at computer terminals or pored over sheets of printout . |
| 3 | As they were walking along a narrow passageway by the bar Mr Maltby accidentally nudged Mr Waterworth a former miner , and ‘ spilled twopence worth of beer . ’ |
| 4 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 5 | Evening had begun to settle down , and he was walking along a narrow path of dry grass , towards the buildings . |
| 6 | I then asked her to imagine that she was walking along a familiar street in her own neighbourhood . |
| 7 | He was walking along a quiet street when gunmen shot him several times in the head . |
| 8 | The Constable was walking along a busy thoroughfare when a crowd assembled owing to the breakdown of a motor car . |
| 9 | A friend of mine recalls an occasion in her childhood , as she was walking along an ancient path , when she heard the sound of thunder from the ground : none of the friends she was with heard anything . |
| 10 | The horrific attack happened in Middlesbrough as the victim was walking along an unlit path . |
| 11 | It was dark and I was walking along an unmade road alone . |