Example sentences of "[noun] ran along the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the 16th century , the Great Road from London to the Welsh coast ran along the river 's banks , and the sheep of the mountain pastures fed the wool boom of the late Middle Ages . |
| 2 | The foral provinces were exempt from Spanish conscription , taxation , and customs duties : thus the national customs frontier ran along the Ebro . |
| 3 | At Milan he took high-speed films while his animals ran along the force plates . |
| 4 | Mr Clayton drew the inspectors ' attention to a village in Argyll , Scotland , where power lines ran along the main street . |
| 5 | The brave 16-year-old ran along the track and removed the trolley plus another that had also been hurled from the bridge . |
| 6 | A promenade ran along the top , and Ruth saw Council workmen piling sandbags against the brightly painted railings . |
| 7 | A groined passage ran along the length of the site connecting both offices , with the stairs leading off it . |
| 8 | The side corridor ran along the length of these three rooms , and opened at the other end of the car into a comfortable lounge , with settee , three armchairs , and tables . |
| 9 | Peter and Phyllis ran along the line to tell the driver about the trees and rocks around the corner . |
| 10 | Miranda ran along the street . |
| 11 | A yellow tram ran along the centre and the street was lined on both sides with closed shops . |
| 12 | The Tin Tunnel ran along the stretch of railway above Kirknettle Mill to the bridge for approximately two hundred metres . |
| 13 | The road ran along the valley between them , where boulders had settled . |
| 14 | The main Derby — Chesterfield road ran along the other flank and this was fenced off with rabbit-proof wire netting and was screened from the road by a long , narrow spinney . |
| 15 | The rambling voice got lost in a maze of tenses as Twoflower ran along the dead tunnels , with the dragon loping along easily behind him . |
| 16 | As always , England 's first line of naval defence ran along the enemy 's coast . |
| 17 | The track ran along the lip of the natural amphitheatre , no trees guarding it from the eighty-foot drop to the small lake , so Trent could look out from his ambush across the track to the meadow below . |
| 18 | A spectacular way : all through breakfast , the track ran along the north shore of Lake Superior , so close that at times the train seemed to be overhanging the water . |
| 19 | A narrow gauge track ran along the platform surface , its polished rails carrying the 16mm colour film camera and cameraman on a four wheeled dolly , pushed along by manpower and matching the pace of the train . |
| 20 | The train was n't late , and he got in , choosing as was his habit a seat on the side with a view of the sea , for the track ran along the Adriatic and he liked to have it in sight , the elating expanse , ringing bright in the sun . |
| 21 | In a frenzy , followers ran along the streets screaming , shouting , attacking anyone . |