Example sentences of "as i walked [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know where she lived , but years later , as I walked to the gymnasium , I would often turn a corner and see Rebecca 's burning eyes . |
| 2 | As I walked to the fair I noticed a polystyrene cup , a discarded baby 's dummy and a chicken leg ; hardly a balanced diet for a fox . |
| 3 | As I walked to the hotel one of the Turkish rafters rushed towards me with a copy of Turkey 's most popular article about the first day of the trip with a picture of my good self and another British journalist , both wrapped in blankets looking forlorn . |
| 4 | I first saw the Baroness as I walked up the drive of Askham Grange prison . |
| 5 | I could n't help noticing as I walked up the path . |
| 6 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 7 | A beggar rooted in a bin as I walked along the riverside . |
| 8 | As I walked along the road that skirts the southern shore of Loch Leven , I met two fair ones , a Minna and a Brenda , walking leisurely , having as companion a jackdaw . |
| 9 | It was a cold , wet , typically late autumnal afternoon as I walked along the old trackbed , avoiding the many puddles of murky rainwater on my way . |
| 10 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 11 | Little terns fished out at sea ; I could hear their squabblings as I walked across the sand hills . |
| 12 | The following afternoon as I walked across the campus , I did n't know it but I was about to commence my full rehabilitation . |
| 13 | As I walked across the gravel to the colonnade , where I could see Conchis was already sitting , his back to me , I decided on a course of action — or rather , of reaction . |
| 14 | But as I walked across the jarred and cratered road and sensed the usual quickenings of irony and aggression I also sensed something further — I sensed that my weight , my mass , my meat was being appraised , registered , scaled , not with lust , no , but with a carnal speculation I had never felt before . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His first day in 1924 watching his county , Sussex , convinced him that there is no greater moment than a big hit : ‘ As I walked into the ground a ball came bouncing off the Town Hall roof and nearly hit me on the head . |
| 17 | She was alone in the house and she turned her head as I walked into the kitchen . |
| 18 | As I walked between the walls my mind was already in the byre , just visible at the far end of the yard . |
| 19 | As soon as I walked onto the beach behind the resort where I was staying , I realised its potential . |
| 20 | It occurred to me that as I had met nobody as I walked through the gate and went upstairs , there was no need to encounter anyone now , going down , and I moved my chair from the window . |
| 21 | The night sky was still fairly light as I walked through the village , passing close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 22 | As I walked through the rubble in the direction of the road leading back to Amfreville and Brigade H.Q I passed a few slit trenches manned by No. 4 Commando . |
| 23 | Memories of that earlier quake lay on the floor as I walked through the house . |
| 24 | He looked at me as I walked through the door and looked to the Gendarme as if to say , Is this him ? |
| 25 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 26 | As I walked through the waves , I pulled the enemy 's warships behind me . |
| 27 | As I walked through the chapel to my pew , a strange thick darkness came upon me , and encompassed my soul . |
| 28 | As I walked through the drizzle I imagined showing up at Bob 's CND group and saying , ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 29 | In fact , that was only done as I walked through the door . |
| 30 | ‘ At Everton I felt at home as soon as I walked through the door , ’ says the affable Mimms . |