Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] along [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 2 | As they rode farther along the road , Floy glimpsed the occasional peering face at a cottage window and guessed that the sounds of their horses on the highroad and perhaps the sight of Balor 's huge menacing figure , had sent them all scuttling indoors for safety . |
| 3 | The quare fella here is Master of the Tipperary and they hunt all along the valley of the Suir — the way the line is to go . |
| 4 | Then the line of vehicles pulled away one by one , forming a loose convoy as they moved off along the deserted main street , heading for the edge of town . |
| 5 | They moved cautiously along a dimly-lit passage until they reached the steep narrow ladder that descended to the next level . |
| 6 | Occasionally they walk upright along a branch , grasping it with their toes but always holding on to a branch above their heads with their hands . |
| 7 | They drove slowly along the main street , Juliet too tense to see the pretty shops selling antiques and gifts . |
| 8 | They came out along the track we just followed , the very same one . |
| 9 | They came back along the path that threaded a way between the sand dunes . |
| 10 | Despite the bitter weather they strolled slowly along the Riva degli Schiavoni as though neither of them could quite bear the thought of the evening 's ending . |
| 11 | The elder of the two leaned down from the saddle to clap him amiably on the shoulder , and said a word or two in his ear , before they trotted away along the Foregate towards the Horse Fair . |
| 12 | At the edge of the brow they turned eastward along the bridle path to Burdale . |
| 13 | They had reached Bermondsey Market and they walked slowly along the line of stalls . |
| 14 | He took her hand as they walked slowly along the cliff edge , and a feeling of peace and security swept over her . |
| 15 | Even in the twenty minutes it had taken to get some nourishment , the light had faded and the dull day was darkening into a cold night ; the beginnings of a frost crackled under their feet as they walked briskly along the embankment . |
| 16 | As they walked back along the paved way between the Union building and the Science block he said , ‘ Did the insulin project ever come to anything ? ’ |
| 17 | They walked together along the sands , and talked . |
| 18 | They walked together along the wharf ; the two men , in striking contrast . |
| 19 | They walked silently along the side wall of the house . |
| 20 | They rushed about along the branches calling out , ‘ Come and see mine ! |
| 21 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
| 22 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
| 23 | They advanced steadily along the boat , forcing the grypesh back until the grey beasts were scrabbling on the cabin deck . |
| 24 | They went carefully along a dark passage to some stairs , then suddenly stopped . |
| 25 | They went slowly along the foot of the bank , pushing in and out of the clumps of red campion and ragged robin . |
| 26 | Sometimes she was afraid that animals might take them , but when they went noisily along the path she still hoped that one day the man would be waiting there for them , beside the pile of stones . |
| 27 | They straggled lamentably along the road , bent in two by the weight of their packs , streaming with water , and all this to go and become mashed to pulp in muddy trenches . |
| 28 | They follow the drive , heat from the cracked tarmac rising in their faces , then they turn off along the path , dry grass scratching her legs . |
| 29 | They continued on along the line of booths , each with its owner sitting on the counter among his stained , dirty jars like some vast black spider , past the long , carpet-covered benches in front of them with the rows of men drinking coffee and smoking and talking , past the assorted smells of rose and jasmine , amber and banana , past the odd little restaurants with their grand brass jugs of hot water , their servants hurrying with coffee in glasses to some merchant about to strike a deal , past all this and then suddenly through the arch of the Bab es Zuweyla with its two soaring and fantastic minarets and out once more into the Tentmakers ' Bazaar with its donkey-saddles of red brocade and its camel-trappings adorned with cowries and little bits of looking-glass , its gaily-striped awnings and brilliant tent linings . |
| 30 | The vineyards of Sillery are indeed an extension of the lower slopes of Verzenay , where they stretch out along the flatter , frost-prone ground on the plain beneath the Montagne de Reims , taking a good kilometre and a half to rise a mere twenty metres or so . |