Example sentences of "[pron] walked [prep] " in BNC.

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1 From Beldi Hill and Crackpot Hall I walked below Buzzard Scar into the deep gash of Swinner Gill where more lead-mine workings , spoil heaps and ruined huts lent an air of sad majesty to the valley .
2 Stopping the pipes and stepping out on the footpath at the side of the river I walked towards the Green Berets .
3 The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient .
4 Pavements gleamed , as I walked towards the sunset , along a narrow street of dark , shabby houses .
5 Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard .
6 Malc reappeared round the door , looked at me over the top of his specs and reached out and I walked towards his outstretched arms on liquid legs .
7 I had n't even noticed the pickets and I can only presume that they had parted before me as I walked towards them as they still do today .
8 Hopeless , I walked towards the nearest town , which was further away than I cared to think about .
9 I walked towards the door in the hope of a cup of tea .
10 I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut .
11 As I walked towards it , I glanced at the leader board and saw that his client was doing his stuff too — he was two under after five holes .
12 One of them came to see me , and as I walked towards him across the table , he put on his glasses .
13 I walked towards him on the stony track
14 As I walked towards the hut , I saw that someone had certainly been using it .
15 Then Stapleton turned to go home , and Holmes and I walked towards Baskerville Hall .
16 Slowly I walked towards it .
17 Very little had changed in the village street but , as I walked towards her door , I saw smoke coming from the garden .
18 I walked into the college cinema to find the tutor watching the film on his own .
19 He 's such a huge star now that I was actually nervous when I walked into the studio with him . ’
20 I walked into the cafeteria and sat down with them .
21 I walked into the town feeling like a pirate or Border robber descending upon capon-fed middlemen , moneylenders , retired or expecting to retire .
22 I walked into the library .
23 The nurse called my name ; I walked into the consulting room , flashing a worn , mechanical smile , but feeling as if I was walking onto the stage at the National without my trousers .
24 Odd — I 've never dreamt about Cal , even though we 've been friends ever since we sat next to each other the first day I walked into that school .
25 At the hotel I paid him in cash with a bonus and sent him on his way , and was in time to see Filmer 's backview receding into a dark-looking bar as I walked into the big central hall lobby .
26 I 'm not sure why I walked into the trees .
27 I got that while I was playing with a band in Houston , Texas ; I walked into a store , saw it on the wall and just flipped .
28 I walked into this little club on the highway and I 'd never heard of them before , but there was this great , white blues band .
29 ‘ When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat .
30 On my sixteenth birthday I walked into the house with a fag in every orifice ; I was legally old enough to smoke , so , I thought , just try and stop me !
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