Example sentences of "walk [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’
2 But when they saw me walking out of the sea , they welcomed me warmly with cries of astonishment and delight .
3 Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road .
4 On June 25 Haider was elected as deputy governor , with the ÖVP abstaining and the SPÖ walking out of the chamber ; the provincial ÖVP leader Christof Zernatto became governor .
5 Startled , she turned to see a man with a gun walking out of the folly and then , to her relief , a dog at his heels .
6 He let her go abruptly , walking out of the barn , and Jenna sat down on the bottom step of the dusty wooden stairs .
7 She was found dead hours after walking out of the unit in a suicidal state after her family had been told it was secure .
8 For a moment , as the old man was walking out of the door , Conway remembered the face in the book on the plane .
9 He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head .
10 He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed .
11 I remember Trevor [ Howard ] just standing up and looking at him , mouthing a bad word and walking out of the room .
12 If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally .
13 In her mind 's eye , she could see him walking out of the velvet sea , the sunlight golden on his skin .
14 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 .
15 These days I forget what I prescribe and what people have got when they walk out of the surgery .
16 ‘ You 're saying then that when I walk out of the church I 'm on my own . ’
17 He says someone with a screwdriver or wire cutters could take the picture and walk out of the door .
18 When I walk out of the house and through the square on my way to a final peaceful meditation at my favourite bay view in trigo cebada , the young man from last night comes out of a doorway with a large cassette in his arms .
19 Only when you walk out of the sunshine into the shaded interior can you see what lies behind the glass .
20 Talk , scream , walk out of the room , send the child out of the room — but do not smack .
21 His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters .
22 When Councillor and his Party showed the care and concern they have for our staff , when sixty members of our staff on that day attended a committee meeting of this Council to see the Labour leader open it and shut it without any debate whatsoever and walk out of the room .
23 Oh I walk out of the room now .
24 When we walk out of the forest into the candlelights of the lodge , the forest moves into our spaces like the sea into scoops of sand .
25 If you walk out of the class you get called all the names under the sun , ‘ cissy ’ , ‘ poof ’ and all this crap .
26 You walk out of the shop and the goods are then your property .
27 And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop .
28 They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’
29 They told him what he had always suspected : Diana was determined to walk out of the marriage .
30 And Rose , who chose that inopportune moment to walk out of the lounge , began wringing her hands and saying was n't it a judgement on them all ?
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