Example sentences of "he walked [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked through to the back of the shop and called out to his father-in-law . |
| 2 | Pushing past her , he walked through to the lounge . |
| 3 | ‘ Is our guest still asleep ? ’ he asked as he walked through into the kitchen in his towelling robe , the cup of tea in his hand . |
| 4 | Then he walked over to the assemblage of components he had constructed earlier and tore it to pieces systematically . |
| 5 | He walked over to the trench and began scrutinizing the piles of earth . |
| 6 | He walked over to the window and tapped on the glass . |
| 7 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the courtyard below , busy with ambulances and patients clutching appointment cards as they peered hesitatingly at signs pointing the way to Casualty and X-ray and Outpatients , with the birdlike figures of caped nurses changing shifts , and the white coats of housemen hustling importantly from ward block to ward block . |
| 8 | He walked over to the window . |
| 9 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
| 10 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
| 11 | He walked over to the window and sat on the sill . |
| 12 | He walked over to the coke brazier where the cooks kept the food hot : and looking first at Rogers , then at Gabriel , he tucked the little bat into the bright red fire , and walked away . |
| 13 | He walked over to the warehouse . |
| 14 | He walked over to the Doctor , waving a knife at the traveller 's throat . |
| 15 | He could just see her face as he walked over to the pavement beneath . |
| 16 | He walked over to the shop but it was unattended . |
| 17 | Getting up , he walked over to the mantelpiece and took the glass ball , which he concealed in his hand , as Vic might have done . |
| 18 | He walked over to the mantelpiece and stood looking at her cards , a cynical smile twisting his lips . |
| 19 | He walked over to the cabinet , and poured two large scotches . |
| 20 | He walked over to the shelf between the windows . |
| 21 | The ex-soldier looked at the ticket as he walked over to the bench . |
| 22 | He walked over to the timber stack along with a sawyer called Iain Logan whom he knew well — they were both friends of Donald Gillies at Camserney mill . |
| 23 | Then seeing Joe 's lips pucker , he walked over to the fireplace and embraced him . |
| 24 | And finally , thought Ian as he walked up through the Cathedral stairs from the crypt office , what does the Bishop want two of after Evensong and why did he put the phone down on me when he failed to get the odious Williams ? |
| 25 | He sang that old sea song as he walked up to the inn door : |
| 26 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 27 | He walked up to the green and found a spot to land on . |
| 28 | And then the Sergeant nudged Devlin and he walked up to the desk where Cardiff was sitting . |
| 29 | The day was overcast and it was becoming difficult to see what he was typing , so , about noon , when imagination began to fail him , he walked up to the house to inquire from Dorothy whether Isobel would mind if he had better lighting installed in the garage , provided he paid far it . |
| 30 | As he walked up to the house his black bitch , Polly , joined him from behind the compost heap in which she had been happily rootling the past half-hour . |