Lane

Examples

• Last night, in Drury Lane lobby, I ran against Sir John Middleton, and when he saw who I wasfor the first time these two monthshe spoke to me. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• At the turn of the lane he saw Miss Blenker standing at the gate and waving the pink parasol. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Did the horse fall in Hay Lane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One lived in Fountain Court, and the other two lived in the Lane, and he had seen them all go home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The garden gate was open to the lane, and I went in at once to inquire my way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I descended to the bottom of the hollow, squeezed my way through a hedge, and got out into a lane. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Lucas perceived him from an upper window as he walked towards the house, and instantly set out to meet him accidentally in the lane. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Gurth accordingly hastened his pace, in order to gain the open common to which the lane led, but was not so fortunate as to accomplish his object. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Boots had then run down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been hurt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There's the Mincing Lane establishment, and there's your mother's Academy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That night Rebecca sang more sweetly and talked more pleasantly than she had ever been heard to do in Park Lane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He looked a little grave about what had taken place in Royd Lane, and she tried to smile him out of his seriousness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There, then,' said the fat boy, putting the reins in his hand, and pointing up a lane, 'it's as straight as you can go; you can't miss it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She ever shunned high-roads, and sought byways and lonely lanes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It appeared to be a collection of back lanes, ditches, and little gardens, and to present the aspect of a rather dull retirement. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• For a while, I hid myself among some lanes and by-paths, and then struck off to walk all the way to London. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It was shut; and as no one answered to my knocking, I went, by back ways and by-lanes, to the yard where he worked. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They could plough lanes in infantry, but they could not easily smash and scatter it if it was sturdy and well drilled. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Away Caroline went, across some very sequestered fields and through some quite hidden lanes, to Fieldhead. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The children in the lanes here say he has sold himself to the devil. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They carried him very gently along the fields, and down the lanes, and over the wide landscape; Rachael always holding the hand in hers. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They were soon out of the little town, and running through the uneven lanes of the country. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They travelled in silence through the empty lanes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The lanes and alleys, which I could not enter, but only view them as I passed, are from twelve to eighteen inches. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I skirted fields, and hedges, and lanes till after sunrise. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• There were many other views to be shewn; and though the weather was hot, there were shady lanes wherever they wanted to go. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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