Example sentences of "he [vb past] along the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Speech , or even music can he transmitted along the electricity mains .
2 And as he passed along the line , the men near him cried , ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ afresh , and their comrades in the distance did the same .
3 Come this way ! ’ he seemed to say , as he hopped along the wall .
4 He crept along the wall , keeping in the shadows .
5 He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boy floated quickly away , face down .
6 On August Bank Holiday he swam along the Severn river from Tewkesbury to Gloucester , some 10 miles , raising £450 for the Children 's Society .
7 He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk .
8 He moved along the row , putting in money , pulling the handle , watching the drums revolve and click into place , moving on .
9 As he moved along the rows of guns , his wooden leg sounded dull thuds .
10 Slow , irregular footsteps , audible only by reason of the slight sucking of soft mud at the heels of someone 's shoes as he approached along the path .
11 He wandered along the Charing Cross Road , trying to think what to do next , Galahad on hearing that someone else had found the Holy Grail , Knight Errant without an errand .
12 I am going straight from here to report this matter to the Brigadier , ’ he bellowed , as he charged along the pews and out of the door .
13 He did n't appear to have seen her in the water and Rachel had the advantage of watching him unobserved as he strolled along the poolside , a towel slung around his neck .
14 He strolled along the terrace below which the grassy slopes fell away steeply towards an ornamental lake .
15 " Now then , " he muttered along the side of a half-smoked cigarette .
16 He always looked tired and sad as he trudged along the streets .
17 He came along the passage and stopped outside my door .
18 As he came along the deck his legs were on a level with her eyes .
19 They called to Joseph Poorgrass , who was picking apples , and soon he came along the path to Bathsheba 's house .
20 Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel , aiming at the broadest part of the deer 's neck .
21 He drove along the road , and turned again .
22 He drove along the road for two or three miles , then turned off on to a stone-walled lane which led up a forested hillside .
23 Kevin , 33 , was hit by Eubank 's Range Rover as he drove along the London-Brighton road .
24 CHARLES HAD A lot of wine inside him as he drove along the Strand on his way back , but he was thinking with extraordinary clarity .
25 He drove along the Arigna Valley , beside the river of that name .
26 Irvine was caught next day as he paddled along the coast .
27 He pounded along the passage and I heard his shouts in the Kitchen " Tristan !
28 He pounded along the street and round two corners , losing his way .
29 That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy .
30 He trotted along the path to the footbridge , crossed it and raced out onto Water Meadow .
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