Example sentences of "[noun pl] and walked [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spun on her heels and walked back to where Bernard was sitting . |
| 2 | She went down the steps and walked away through the rain , vanishing in the early evening mist at the end of the street . |
| 3 | They went down the steps and walked slowly around the garden . |
| 4 | He got to his feet and walked over to the window hearing the angry voice but no longer having to face her , watching the reflection of her pacing figure , the swirling hair . |
| 5 | Plummer got to his feet and walked across to the fireplace , staring into the flames . |
| 6 | Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th . |
| 7 | He got to his feet and walked stiffly to the bar . |
| 8 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 9 | Walking was the rule and not the exception , for the villagers of Hailing walked into Strood carrying their shopping baskets and walked home with rests in between . |
| 10 | The four men stripped to their swimming-trunks and walked out into the ocean surf . |
| 11 | One man came in took all his clothes off , tried on a load of things and walked out in them . |
| 12 | ‘ But not today , ’ she said finally , grabbed the bottle of wine and two glasses and walked back into the other room . |
| 13 | Mary was posted to a notorious station in the Fens , called Sledgwick , which was universally known as HMS Sledgwick because it was practically under water and everyone wore gumboots and walked about on duckboards . |
| 14 | Our visitors rose , said their farewells and walked off across the court again . |
| 15 | Suddenly John stood up , kicked me on the shins and walked off to his bedroom bemoaning the fact that he could n't get ‘ peace ’ to watch the television . |
| 16 | On 1 February 1954 he put on his coat , hat and gloves and walked out of the window of his 13th-floor apartment overlooking New York 's East River . |
| 17 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 18 | " One of the lightermen got off at Cadogan Stairs and walked back with her and gave her to Maurice . " |
| 19 | Now it was a pillar of darkness covering him from the eyes of the watch as he stepped out from the trees and walked steadily across the open space of grass . |
| 20 | We left the trees and walked now between high stands of phragmites and reedmace , pausing at a reed screen positioned to hide us from sight . |
| 21 | She lifted her multi-petticoated skirts and walked down with as much grace as she could manage , playing the part of Cinderella at her first ball , prevented from any sudden movement by the flattering silken wig whose curls were interlaced with pearls and fell in tumbling ringlets on to one breast . |
| 22 | Joe held out his hand , they shook hands and walked away from each other , Joe feeling that he had done what he could to save Maureen from wrecking her life and suffering years of pain but troubled by sympathy and liking for Chris . |
| 23 | She paused , then took courage in both hands and walked in with deceptive boldness . |
| 24 | Another runner threw up his hands and walked out in the middle of one afternoon . |
| 25 | I sniffed it and whispered an obscene word to it , then I put on my coat and overshoes and walked out of the hotel . |
| 26 | Frick took off his sound protectors and walked across to the young man he knew to be the leader . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne reached the gates and walked up to the rectory , an eighteenth-century building which had once been beautiful , but like the area around it had gone to seed badly , although Dr Neil had told her that it was elegant , if shabby inside . |
| 28 | He left Ranulf with the horses and walked round to Lady Amelia 's chamber . |
| 29 | He detailed two of his sergeants to check the other trolleys and walked over to the surviving terrorist . |
| 30 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |