Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] slowly [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked slowly back to the hotel . |
| 2 | A little while later , I walked slowly out of the house . |
| 3 | Lesley turned smartly left as the lights changed , and wound her way by back-streets to the parking-ground on the edge of the shopping centre , a multi-storey monstrosity of raw concrete , at which she gazed with resigned distaste as she crept slowly up to the barrier and drove in to the second tier . |
| 4 | She swam slowly back to the beach and lay , limp on the yellow mud . |
| 5 | She wandered slowly back to the garden . |
| 6 | She came slowly out of the fern bed . |
| 7 | She walked slowly over to the golden sarcophagus . |
| 8 | Parking the Volvo under the cedar tree , she was so sunk in her own angry thoughts that she hardly felt the bleak rain on her face as she walked slowly round to the rear entrance . |
| 9 | She felt cold , and folded her arms across her chest as she walked slowly back to the house , looking down at the bloodstained front step . |
| 10 | Closing the door of the telephone-box , she walked slowly back to the cottage . |
| 11 | She walked slowly back to the sitting-room . |
| 12 | She walked slowly back down the lane , savouring the rich peace , the strength she felt . |
| 13 | Refusing to allow herself the indulgence of looking in the mirror and repairing her make-up , she walked slowly back down the hall and opened the door again with trembling hands . |
| 14 | She walked slowly out of the casualty department . |
| 15 | Holding her notes like a fan , she walked slowly out into the open , but the heavy heat from the leaden sky soon drove her back into the shade . |
| 16 | She drifted slowly over to the telephone , most people doodled while they talked , and Roman proved no exception . |
| 17 | She went slowly back to the drawing-room to collect her sketch-pad and pencils , and all the time she kept telling herself that this was a really stupid thing to do . |
| 18 | She went slowly back to the kitchen . |
| 19 | She went slowly along to the door she knew led into his study , and now it was Jenna 's brow that was creased in a frown . |
| 20 | We drive slowly back along the road . |
| 21 | We had drunk a lot more than was usual for Jean-Claude and me , and we rolled slowly back to the cottage , stopping only , on Jean-Claude 's insistence , to listen to the music of the night insects . |
| 22 | They drove slowly back down the mountain road until they came to the track that led up to the Zimmermann farmhouse . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're like a brother to me , ’ Alyssia said impulsively as they drove slowly back to the house around midnight . |
| 24 | Together they walked slowly up towards the great house , Artemis lagging slightly behind to try and avoid conversation . |
| 25 | Catching her hand , he tucked it into his arm and they walked slowly down into the village . |
| 26 | They walked slowly back up the tunnel . |
| 27 | ‘ Betty is a wonderful cook , ’ she said , as they walked slowly back across the fields . |
| 28 | Then they walked slowly back to the shop . |
| 29 | Sanchez got up and they walked slowly back towards the pit . |
| 30 | " I always thought that gardens , " said Clara , as they progressed slowly back along the long stretch of grass , and down the steps to the lower level , " I always thought that gardens were for growing flowers in . |