Example sentences of "she walked [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As she walked onto the floor her heart was beating fast with excitement but her face was a smiling serene mask .
2 She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library .
3 She walked across the clearing and prodded it with the gun till it fell to the ground .
4 She walked across the room slowly on her platform heels and joined the woman from her new feminist publishers .
5 ‘ Goodness , ’ she heard Caldecott say as she walked across the lawn towards her car .
6 She walked across the yard to check Shine On .
7 Little muscles twitched beneath Anthea 's shoulder blades as she walked across the hall towards the lecture room .
8 As the pair reached the bottom he saw that she was , as Eleanor had said , very thin , but he noticed the same rhythm in her movements as she walked across the cove .
9 Smells like thunder , she thought , as she walked across the tarmac .
10 So late in the second set , she walked across the scoreboard and changed it to show the match going in her favour .
11 She walked across the hall and into the kitchen .
12 She walked across the room and , grabbing her daughter 's long hair , yanked her towards the cell door .
13 Bobbie went into the garden , and then she walked across the fields .
14 With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm .
15 She walked across the semicircular pod bay towards the monitor station , sealed behind a transparent partition .
16 She walked across the two roofs and came to the tower and its window .
17 She walked across the garden , over Carlo 's weeded lawn , under the girders of the cedar .
18 ‘ I ca n't , ’ she said , and was surprised at the unsteadiness with which she walked across the room , lifted the receiver , handled the mundane enquiry .
19 She walked across the grass , superstitiously avoiding Daine 's shadow .
20 After a moment she walked across the room and placed her hands on the two arms of the chair , effectively pinning Marianne in place .
21 Her wet feet burned on the hot stones at the edge and she walked across the grass to the shade where he stood jubilant , beckoning .
22 She walked across the strange tarmac .
23 She walked across the clearing .
24 She spoke slowly while controlling her eagerness to spring to her feet , and as she walked across the room beside Silas one of the rafting party gave a low whistle which was obviously directed at her .
25 She walked across the corner of the square , and did not look back .
26 She walked across the room and pressed his shoulder .
27 Fran took a deep breath then opened the door , willing her legs to support her as she walked across the weed-strewn gravel towards him .
28 A third , a small blonde , always wore huge , baggy clothes and men 's hoots , saying she wanted to look aggressive , to get away from the things that being small and blonde are supposed to mean , and that when she walked down the street wearing her monkey boots and trench coat she felt great , confident and striding , and daring anyone to make a comment .
29 As she walked down the corridor , she gave it that bit extra .
30 As she walked down the tree-lined road in the pitch black she managed to suppress her fear of the dark .
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