Example sentences of "[pers pn] was walk [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was walking up to his house two young bearded men in jeans and sweaters got out of a car and ran towards me . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |
| 3 | I was walking around with a camera and binoculars right on top of their nuclear silos . |
| 4 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 7 | ‘ I was walking back for over an hour through deserted streets . |
| 8 | One evening , towards midnight , I was walking back to my hotel from Dana 's place along a deserted street . |
| 9 | One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me . |
| 10 | ‘ I was walking back from here last night when I got lost … ’ |
| 11 | And I was walking down with my yorks [ straps below the knee ] and my belt , everything tied and dressed properly like a collier . |
| 12 | She was walking down towards the ferry with Mr Clark and found the way blocked by a stationary train of wagons . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 17 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 18 | Now if he did n't shave his hair off and he was walking around with a rim round the side of his head |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 21 | There was an embarrassing moment when I thought he was walking over to me to begin the programme and I got up to greet him . |
| 22 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 23 | Here Mr Malik stepped back with a flourish , and Robert found he was walking out in front of the whole school , his heart thumping , his mind a complete blank . |
| 24 | Clarissa said she was glad she had n't known he was walking about in the open . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 27 | I sort of popping upstairs , when I 'm here , I 'll take it off him , but just now he , he was walking along like |