Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] along [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 2 | He doffed his cap as we marched past , and a few paces further on we negotiated the turn and were heading back along the road on the other side of the village green towards the saluting base . |
| 3 | The road was very pleasant , and nice peeps were opened out along the shore , those scenes peculiar to this and neighbouring isles ; long flat stretches of heath and sand , and lines of cliff ; and in the pearliest hues the mountains of the north-west of Scotland graced their glowing setting of sunlit cloud and sun-reflecting sea , while the ether was embalmed in shades that partook of many emerald rays . |
| 4 | Dej and his colleagues did not want to remain the poor peasant cousins of the other Communist states which were going off along the high road to communism . |
| 5 | The statistics of healthy and intelligent childhood were stretched out along the curve of achievement , and only some were allowed to travel through the narrow gate at eleven , towards the golden city . |
| 6 | Second , four more UDCs were set up along the lines of those in Liverpool and London . |
| 7 | More parrots were lined up along the shore , skirts hitched to their knees , paddling and screaming in the chilly water . |
| 8 | A few pairs of battered shoes were lined up along an old wooden shelf . |