Example sentences of "walked [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dinah learnt the lines , was laced into the vulgar striped dress the part required , which had stains under the arms from the young lady off sick , was heavily rouged and had her eyebrows blackened , and walked on to the boards to the flare of gaslight and the outline of gentlemen in bowler hats they had not troubled to remove , refreshing themselves at the bar which stood at the back of the theatre . |
| 2 | I bade Jamie and his mother goodnight and walked on through the outskirts of town to the track heading for the island , then down the track in blackness , sometimes using my small torch , towards the bridge and the house . |
| 3 | They walked on behind the others . |
| 4 | He walked right through the ghosts and through the entrance they had opened . |
| 5 | ‘ Nurse sent me home early.because I 'm ill , ’ she said in a small voice and walked slowly up the stairs . |
| 6 | Willie walked slowly past the cottages . |
| 7 | Katherine threw her shoulders back and walked slowly down the stairs . |
| 8 | The King walked slowly down the stairs . |
| 9 | We walked slowly through the trees , and Lady Furness told me about Wallis … |
| 10 | While Loopy Lil and Mrs Hollidaye were organizing tea , Dot walked slowly round the gardens , dragging her shoes through crunchy heaps of left-behind snow . |
| 11 | Donna tried to convince herself of that as she walked slowly around the ruins of Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 12 | He entered the station and walked down towards the trains , kilt swinging , leaflets tucked beneath his jacket . |
| 13 | After tea we walked down through the remains of the garden . |
| 14 | He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing . |
| 15 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 16 | They walked daily on the cliffs and shore . |
| 17 | Then he walked deeper into the trees as the twilight thickened around him and the stars began appearing among the branches over his head . |
| 18 | She slid obediently off the bar stool , bidding a civil good-morning to the café owner who looked , McLeish observed , as if he would willingly have swept her into his plump Italian embrace , and they walked together to the gates of New Scotland Yard . |
| 19 | They walked together along the sands , and talked . |
| 20 | We walked along beside the wheels until the end of the train was in sight and finally walked past the dining car and at the end of it swung upwards through its rear door into the scene of operations . |
| 21 | ‘ Last year , ’ said Kāli , as we walked along behind the houses , ‘ Mother and one or two other women started before the forest was officially opened — before ban pasāi — and people were so angry that they made the women 's husbands go to the headman and pay a fine of five rupees each . ’ |
| 22 | She walked along by the shops , and stopped when she came to a door with ‘ Madame Eloise — Hair ’ on it . |
| 23 | It was two minutes past midnight when he walked through into the Chapters Bar , where a dozen or so late-night ( early-morning ) drinkers were still happily signing bills . |
| 24 | The Doctor stood and walked over to the women . |
| 25 | Kopyion walked over to the screens . |
| 26 | Wycliffe walked over to the bookshelves . |
| 27 | He put on his glasses , walked over to the windows , and peered closely at the titles of the books . |
| 28 | Pete walked over to the steps . |
| 29 | From there he walked over to the lifts with her . |
| 30 | She turned and walked away up the stairs , bemused . |