Example sentences of "[was/were] walking [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were walking up through the Grove on her birthday . |
| 2 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 3 | Did n't look very well , we were walking down by the side of the road ! |
| 4 | Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 6 | As we were walking back through the garden to the house , he said to me , ‘ Jane , you 've had a strange night . |
| 7 | On the contrary , when that afternoon 's session ended and we were walking back across the campus , he put one of his Anglepoise arms across my shoulders and attempted some avuncularity . |
| 8 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 9 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 10 | Now if he did n't shave his hair off and he was walking around with a rim round the side of his head |
| 11 | I was walking around with a camera and binoculars right on top of their nuclear silos . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ The boyfriend was walking around in a daze . |
| 14 | Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’ |
| 15 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The string was walking round in a circle at the end of the gallops when Bill 's Audi drew up . |
| 18 | Lucky because Ken Backhouse was walking by at the time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Imagine my poor Aunt 's reaction when told by a shocked neighbour that her eldest daughter was walking out with a Chinaman . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | EMO was walking out of a studio one day when he was struck by a taxi . |
| 23 | For a moment , as the old man was walking out of the door , Conway remembered the face in the book on the plane . |
| 24 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She was walking down towards the ferry with Mr Clark and found the way blocked by a stationary train of wagons . |
| 27 | who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me . |