Example sentences of "as [pers pn] walk [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around me voices were saying , ‘ Good luck ’ , as I walked on to the stage , but I was much too nervous to do anything but nod , grimly . |
| 2 | I thought about it as I walked up through the weedy garden . |
| 3 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 4 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 5 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 6 | As I walked out to the front of Wolverhampton station I did wonder a little when I noticed that there was a regular service train on the monitor , due to leave at 1822 . |
| 7 | Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day . |
| 8 | As I walked out of the ward and round the red screen I felt as old as Humber and as worried as she was about my not yet having been fully trained . |
| 9 | A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . |
| 10 | As I walked back through the ballroom past the seated guests I saw my wife , daughter and son waving and smiling and waved back , relieved that it was all over . |
| 11 | As I walked back into the Gendarmerie the following afternoon , I saw my first legionnaire . |
| 12 | As I walked back from the bar with my second pint I caught sight of Karen and Dennis at a table in the corner . |
| 13 | His hands are tight across my back , then he lets go and as I walk out of the room his face goes back to the letters . |
| 14 | As I walk out into the sunlight , the grass is soft under my feet . |
| 15 | And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun . |
| 16 | As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room . |
| 17 | As you walk up to the first Munro , Stob Choire Claurigh , the whole complexity of the Aonachs becomes clear . |
| 18 | Obvious because it stares you in the face as you walk in to the corrie , and also because you can see that the icicle has n't quite formed despite rumours that it does . |
| 19 | The whole point of Lourdes comes out as you walk down from the centre of the town towards the river and the Cité Religieuse on the far bank . |
| 20 | Seven or eight thousand figures had taken up position kneeling on prayer carpets , so that as you walked in through the great red-stone gate you were confronted by rank upon rank of white-clad backs topped with brightly coloured turbans or embroidered mosque-caps . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 22 | She was white-faced but determined and the policemen stood back as she walked over towards the car . |
| 23 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
| 24 | Annie disregarded the remark and as she walked out of the side door pushing the baby carriage Bessie turned to her employer . |
| 25 | The abortioned girl stared after Rachaela as she walked out of the gate and back along the street . |
| 26 | As she walked out of the workshop , she looked back at the flat they had been painting . |
| 27 | The memory of the outcome brought a smile to her face on that Saturday morning as she walked down towards the crouching figure of Aggie . |
| 28 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 29 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 30 | Lisa smiled to herself as she walked back along the corridor that led to the drawing-room and the conservatory . |