Example sentences of "walked [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And then we walked on a little bit further and there was big clumps of them everywhere they was .
2 Flanked by the two men , they walked down a wide marble staircase , and out into the brilliant sunshine .
3 Camille walked down a sleazy stretch of road , where half the shops were closing as the developers quadrupled the rents , and bought herself an ice-cream to take away the taste of margaritas : it was already midday , so she had only an hour or two before she could go home , claiming that her games lesson had been cancelled because someone had felled the netball posts .
4 As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters .
5 I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’
6 He continued to talk thus now , as they walked down the grand vista , away from the formal gardens and into the woodland rides , where classical figures loomed from the undergrowth and the serpentine rill wound away towards a distant temple .
7 The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke .
8 I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged
9 I climbed the two flights of stairs and walked down the rickety balcony which led to Ellen 's small end room .
10 Graham and Slater walked down the narrow alley formed by the seedy , decaying stonework and the painted wood ; Graham saw the grimy glass of cracked windows ; fading political posters flapped in a slight breeze .
11 With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him .
12 I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed .
13 They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence .
14 As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun .
15 We walked down an unsteady plank into the Sudan : a desert plain , dotted with scrub , stretching away to steep hills which rose from the sand like islands from a sea .
16 We walked along a narrow road with elm and oak trees on either side , moving slowly because Macier 's feet were hurting him .
17 Visiting Stanley village , we walked along a crowded street of shops and many street traders .
18 ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us .
19 But of course , I told myself as I walked along an echoing corridor , it never did hurt nowadays .
20 She walked away a little distance , then came back to him .
21 When she grew calmer , he slowly released her and she walked away a few paces , staggering , digging her hands in her pockets and turning her back on him .
22 TRAINER John Gosden walked off a heavy lunch in Sussex yesterday and plotted a tasty treble at Goodwood .
23 She complained to Tawny about her when they walked home a little way together .
24 They walked up a grand staircase , first the minder , then Sylvie , then Alexei .
25 The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car .
26 I walked up a small flight of steps to the red-tiled side colonnade .
27 The original entrance foyer on the main road behind the square was barred and boarded and papered over with layers of handbills ; Carson walked up a few steps near the end of the alley and pushed open the door of a tradesman 's entrance .
28 Chopra felt frightened as they walked up the narrow stairway to the battlements .
29 But they reached the house , or rather the road below , and when Adamus had paid the driver-no account was mentioned — they walked up the crumbling slope in the shadowed midday light , and came out among the wet green oaks , and the house appeared .
30 And I said when I walked up the other day
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