Example sentences of "he stride [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What on earth are you doing ? ’ she felt compelled to ask while watching him stride across the room . |
| 2 | ‘ No breakfast ? ’ she called when she saw him striding up the stairs two at a time . |
| 3 | He was the owner and shipmaster of the Russell , and when he was n't off at sea ( which was usually ) she sometimes saw him striding through the village with Mr Bryant , a gentleman from Plymouth who went on voyages as navigator with him . |
| 4 | He strides about the bar , playing unamplified right into individual 's faces , interrupting songs to tell pungent and hilarious tales of Tyneside , making contact , making fun of himself , the rock business , people 's clothes , haircuts , conversations . |
| 5 | the economic dialectic is never active in the pure state ; in History , these instances , the superstructures , etc. — are never seen to step respectfully aside when their work is done or , when the Time comes , as his pure phenomena , to scatter before His Majesty the Economy as he strides along the royal road of the Dialectic . |
| 6 | the economic dialectic is never active in the pure state ; in History , these instances , the superstructures , etc. — are never seen to step respectfully aside when their work is done or , when the Time comes , as his pure phenomena , to scatter before His Majesty the Economy as he strides along the royal road of the Dialectic . |
| 7 | He strides through the kitchen , where Marjorie is listlessly loading his soiled breakfast things into the dishwasher , and runs up the stairs . |
| 8 | His stumpy , yellowed silver moustache rides proudly over his camel-like sneer as he strides to the back of the bar , probably to renegotiate his olive and yoghurt contracts with the owner . |
| 9 | He strode off the course , goes up to his room and says to Winnie ( Mrs palmer ) , ‘ Do n't unpack , honey ; we 're going home . ’ |
| 10 | He strode to the counter and began talking earnestly with a burly man dressed in white house-painter 's overalls . |
| 11 | He strode to the door and shouted for clerks . |
| 12 | He strode to the desk . |
| 13 | He strode to the reception desk , holding her firmly at his side , and she looked fearfully round , half expecting Dana to appear . |
| 14 | He strode to the desk while Claudia waited listlessly by the lift . |
| 15 | He strode to the door and opened it , standing aside to let her precede him . |
| 16 | He strode to the door and then slanted a look at her that was all sardonic speculation . |
| 17 | Dragging me , he strode to the door in two strides , and flung it open . |
| 18 | He strode to the reception desk , made a brisk enquiry and then came straight over to where Patrick and Chris were standing waiting for the lift . |
| 19 | He strode to the gold oak dest , gestured to the computer , printer , fax machine , telephone console . |
| 20 | She stood looking after him as he strode down the corridor towards the opposite end of the house . |
| 21 | He turned on his heel then , thudding his coffee-cup down on the table as he strode towards the front door . |
| 22 | Now he strode towards the hall , acknowledging the respectful salutes of Party agents . |
| 23 | The Public Prosecutor called him like a dog as he strode towards the door behind which a continuous threatening murmur could be heard . |
| 24 | As he strode towards the door , Ashley regarded him with cold eyes . |
| 25 | Indeed , Percy Lovitch voiced the thought to Rev. Levitt as he strode past the minister and his wife . |
| 26 | He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor . |
| 27 | Father Devlin boomed , taking off his tall silk hat as he strode into the wide , big , lamp-lit kitchen of the O'Malley farmhouse . |
| 28 | He strode into the hall and started to peer expertly at the walls and ceiling . |
| 29 | He strode into the room and picking up the kettle with an old cloth he proceeded to make a pot of tea . |
| 30 | He strode into the jungle of branching lines and stopped next to a sphere which opened like a flower as he leant over . |