Example sentences of "he walked [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major Tilney , when he left the main block of Burleigh , lit a cigarette as he walked down the drive to the road . |
| 2 | When Jean-Claude had finished his breakfast , he walked down the lane by the side of the house in his old dressing-gown and felt slippers . |
| 3 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 4 | Little wonder , really , she acknowledged ruefully — she 'd seen women in the building all but swoon at his feet every time he walked down the corridor . |
| 5 | He walked down the hill without looking at the dead men , slowly and with difficulty and pain . |
| 6 | He walked down the hill in Haworth with a bag of his best paintings on his back , and everyone in the village came out to see him go . |
| 7 | He walked down the path to the little hut . |
| 8 | He looked very smart as he walked down the street in battledress , his boots shining like glass and his shoulders back . |
| 9 | Wonderful man , but completely uniform , he was a proper character , he looked ridiculous every time he walked down the street , you know . |
| 10 | He walked along the beach , past rows of low cedar huts , his bare feet kicking at the surf which swept in from the north , enjoying the cool water and the tickling sensation of sand being swept between his toes and around his ankles . |
| 11 | He walked along the road , hands in pockets , whistling like a blackbird . |
| 12 | He cut a little caper as he walked along the corridor that led to his office , recovering a quality that had suddenly become important to him — his drabness . |
| 13 | He walked along the corridor with her , giving her shoulder a comforting squeeze as they parted at the make-up room door . |
| 14 | He walked along the ridge of rock , trying to picture once more the place where Peter had run and fallen . |
| 15 | He walked along the edge of the plot , naming her plants to himself . |
| 16 | For a minute or two he walked along the seafront towards Mergellina in the west . |
| 17 | TOLBY FLICKERED IN and out of sight as he walked along the line of parked cars . |
| 18 | Bitterly , Hope thought , as he walked along the margin of the northern shore , ignoring the spectacular , breath-catching view down Derwent Water and deep into Borrowdale , she simply had no real love in her . |
| 19 | On this particular evening he walked towards the tannery . |
| 20 | He walked towards the door . |
| 21 | Remembering his own thoughts as he walked towards the door last night , not knowing it was Laura , thinking it was Alexandra and feeling his freewheeling lifestyle threatened , his macho image slightly dented , he realized he must be mad . |
| 22 | He walked towards the door . |
| 23 | A spokesman for Cleveland Fire Brigade said : ‘ The cloth over the chip pan caught fire and as he walked towards the door cold air blew the fat up his arms . ’ |
| 24 | As the flight progressed he walked towards the kite so that he was underneath it . |
| 25 | Stiffly , he walked towards the entrance tunnel . |
| 26 | He walked towards the entrance ; a fancy airlock system over which a large illuminated sign flashed on and off . |
| 27 | Carew watched him as he walked towards the gate-lodge . |
| 28 | The wretched man made his way to Brighton where after one bungled attempt he walked off the pier and killed himself by drowning . |
| 29 | At the top as he walked across the plateau , he could see the light from the fire in the main shrine , flickering through the open door and out between the pillars of the veranda . |
| 30 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |