Example sentences of "[vb past] through the [adj] street " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as he rode through the darkened streets , he caught sight of that face in the window , and perused it ruefully . |
| 2 | But comical though he was , and although Erika laughed , yet her heart was touched , and as the bus juddered through the deserted streets , all the way home she looked into the window , seeing not the flats , factories , and dark parks , but , wonderingly , her own reflection . |
| 3 | We dropped the others off , and now the big shops would be left behind as we waded through the gloomy streets of Fulham . |
| 4 | Irena took an unofficial day off work and we wandered through the damp streets while she told me about being a student at Palacky University in 1968 ( and what happened afterwards : ‘ It is strange how the history books of a country can change , is n't it ? ’ ) . |
| 5 | Mr Singh and i drove through the wide streets of New Delhi , empty now but for a few pilgrims washing under the public pumps near the shrine of Nizamuddin . |
| 6 | The small town of Alnwick was bustling with people , and Roman drove through the crowded streets slowly . |
| 7 | He drove through the poorest streets of Paris , and some of the richest ones , and at length , shortly before midnight stopped the car in a wide and gracious street of tall and beautiful houses . |
| 8 | Derelict , he had thought when they drove through the main street . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know it was such a big place , ’ she said as they drove through the gaslit streets from the station in a hired carriage . |
| 10 | We strolled through the little streets . |
| 11 | In Castries they strolled through the busy streets , bought bread , cheese and fruit for a picnic , and drank iced rum under the shade of a café umbrella , where they amicably discussed St Lucia 's long tug-of-war between French and English , and tried to decipher the local French patois being spoken all around them . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she said desperately , and turned and walked away , mingling with the throng that shuffled through the narrow streets rubbing shoulders with each other . |
| 13 | But as he walked through the dim streets of London to Archer Street on the Friday evening , the mood was still with him . |
| 14 | She walked to the shops and back , sometimes walked through the back streets , once almost as far as Marcus 's flat ( but did not dare to go near it ) , avoiding the noisy King 's Road , and the embankment where Jack often walked with Alison , and as she knew , farther east where Ludens walked with Marcus . |
| 15 | Outside , more knife-like pieces of glass flew through the narrow streets in the heart of Bombay 's business quarter . |
| 16 | Outside , more knife-like pieces of glass flew through the narrow streets in the heart of Bombay 's business quarter . |
| 17 | During the bullbaiting , thousands tore through the narrow streets of Wokingham , providing a splendid opportunity for the disaffected and unscrupulous to push their unwanted spouses or other associates in the path of the stampede . |
| 18 | A more contemporary example of this problem facing the police when they have to decide upon the choice between seeking to ban a procession or to protect and facilitate its progress is well illustrated by the events of Saturday 13 August 1977 in Lewisham , when the National Front marched through the busy streets in a provocative manner , much to the distress and anger of local residents , particularly those belonging to ethnic minorities . |
| 19 | As they marched through the empty streets , however , a little old man put himself in front of the marching column and led the way , beating a kettle-drum and pronouncing the restoration of the Company Bahadur . |
| 20 | There was now a thick fog and the night was very still as they hurried through the deserted streets of the nearby town . |