Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] along [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lissa pressed her fingertips to the window-pane , as though in some way that would keep him near to her , but the ambulance moved off along the road and the fragile connection was severed . |
| 2 | A bright red weal sprang up along the point of impact , a blaze of angry colour , and she watched it slowly spread , her breath rasping in her throat , her chest heaving raggedly . |
| 3 | The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance . |
| 4 | Local protest groups including Clevelandbased NEON sprang up along the length of the proposed line as the campaign against the pylons grew . |
| 5 | ‘ Well met , Lord , ’ he gasped as his group trooped out along the ramparts . |
| 6 | By pitching the ball up and bowling in the channel he makes his opponent hit back along the line of the approaching delivery and play the ball into the ‘ V ’ — the arc of the field which lies between extra cover on the off side and a straightish mid-wicket on the leg side . |
| 7 | Suddenly a cry went up along the line . |
| 8 | Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line . |
| 9 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 10 | This selection covers everything from John Cale , Todd Rundgren and Roddy Frame to echoes of Brecht/Weill and Richard Rodgers , with a Philip Larkin poem added in along the way , and it works because of the versatility of her gentle but dramatic singing , and the elegant but sparse settings by the producer and pianist , Mimi Izumi Koyabashi . |
| 11 | ‘ Serves you right ! ’ shouted Dick , and snatching up the rope raced off along the path , closely followed by Chuck . |
| 12 | Dirt and trees slipped down the cliff face the far side of the river , and all day long our remote valley echoed with the crunch and grind of bulldozers and their cautionary whistles , as they backed up to take another bite out of the shale piled up along the edge of the road . |
| 13 | Dot stroked her mother 's other white leg stretched out along the bed , with the varnish drying on the toes now like five scarlet flames . |
| 14 | When Harry asked if ‘ Mrs Molly Diamond ’ was at home , the youth slouched back along the passage , shouted ‘ Ma ’ once at the top of his voice , then carried on without change of pace towards a dismantled motorcycle Harry could see beyond the back door . |
| 15 | The constant impact against the field 's rim , of everything from showers of meteors down to stray molecules of gas , resulted in a cosmic fireworks display of spectacular proportions : a long tail of deteriorating matter stretched out along the path which the ship had taken . |
| 16 | I am not sure if this is spot welded on along the seat base structure to the rear . |
| 17 | The hearse went back along the road for a bit , then rose into the sky and vanished into the clouds . |
| 18 | He was sitting on the couch facing her , his arm stretched out along the back . |