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Example sentences for "rode over"

  • From hence we rode over a wide plain, sometimes sandy, and in other parts a mixture of sand and clay, where trees and shrubs grow.

  • As I thought that slight exercise might be useful, I rode over to the Hammam, a warm bath, round the corner of the mountain, situated to the north of Tor, and about half an hour distant from El Wady.

  • Having heard that the supply of money for which I had written to Cairo on my first reaching Djidda, had been received there, I rode over in the night of the 1st of December, and remained in that town six or seven days.

  • I rode over to the creek to the south, and found two small puddles in its bed; but there was evidently plenty of water to be got by digging, as by scratching with my hands I soon obtained some.

  • I directed Carmichael and Robinson to avoid the stones as much as possible, while I rode over to see whether there was a creek or any other place where water might be procured.

  • The camp which Carmichael and Robinson had selected, while I rode over to the other creek, was a most wretched place, in the midst of dense mallee and amidst thick plots of triodia, which we had to cut away before we could sit down.

  • We were wondering how much Mrs. Carruthers might have to do with it as we rode over, weren't we, dear?

  • Well, he rode over to lunch yesterday, and I know he meant to stay for the afternoon, though he didn't actually say so.

  • Yes, I rode over to Grays yesterday afternoon.

  • We rode over to Julia's cottage, on the outskirts of the estate now devolved upon her husband.

  • We rode over to John Thresher's, of whom we heard that the pretty Mabel Sweetwinter had disappeared, and understood that suspicion had fallen upon one of us gentlemen.

  • I know he rode over to me and told me he was in command of the field, and directed me to send a regiment to the right, and I sent Wadsworth's division there, as my regiments were reduced to the size of companies.

  • Soon after he rode over to ask me, in case his own men (Steinwehr's division) deserted their guns, to be in readiness to defend them.

  • He rode over to Power's Hill, made his headquarters with General Slocum, and when the firing ceased rode back again.

  • One day I rode over to a battalion and found a lot of men sitting round the cookhouse.

  • After services in St. George's church I rode over to Poperinghe and attended a memorial service which the 1st Brigade were holding in the Cinema.

  • The General advanced and we all saluted, but he, spying my chaplain's collar, rode over to me and shook hands and asked if I had come over with the Canadians.

  • I rode over to Mametz and saw all that historic fighting ground.

  • Anyhow we rode over to the barracks because we knew the senior constable was away.

  • We wanted to see what the papers said of us, so we rode over to a little post town we knew of and got a copy of the 'Evening Times'.

  • He rode over to the gipsy camp to purchase an engagement ring for Miss Arden from Mother Jael.

  • I rode over to the gipsy camp to buy a particular ring from Mother Jael.

  • He was therefore obliged to defer any attempt to obtain it until the next day, as the bishop would probably leave it behind him when he rode over to Southberry.

  • Rautenbach's nephew continuing in a very precarious state, we rode over constantly to see him, taking any little thing in the way of delicacies that we had, though poor was the best.

  • Having two hours' release at noon, he rode over to the lodge in the forest to return Io's blanket.

  • But he remarked only that he'd like to drop in on Miss K'miller next time he rode over, with a bit of sage honey that he'd saved out for her.

  • Miss Van Arsdale was much better when he rode over in the morning, but Io looked piteously worn and tired.

  • Early in the next week I rode over to what was known as the "Swiss Colony," some fourteen miles distant from us in more or less a Southerly direction.

  • Early on Monday morning, leaving Francisco at the house, who said he would keep an eye on the sheep, Royd and I rode over to the puesto, where Bent had nothing whatever to report.

  • One day when I rode over to the Shimerdas' I found Antonia starting off on foot for Russian Peter's house, to borrow a spade Ambrosch needed.

  • Whenever we rode over in that direction we saw her out among her cattle, bareheaded and barefooted, scantily dressed in tattered clothing, always knitting as she watched her herd.

  • We rode over a fine, sandy cart road through woods of nothing but beautiful evergreens or fir trees, but a light and barren soil.

  • We rode over here, and went directly to the house of the person who had constructed it, who was a Quaker, where we dismounted, and willingly dismissed our horses.

  • I rode over to Johnson's, that person being the nearest to a doctor of any one in the country, though the Mormons do not much believe in medicines, and he gave me a liniment to apply.

  • I rode over to the cinder-cone region again and climbed the remaining ones, seven or eight, reaching camp after dark, the days being very short at this time of year.

  • About two o'clock the Major and I rode over to the Innupin Picavu while Jones and the waggon went around, as it could not cross the basalt.

  • On the following day I rode over to Green Mountain with Lyle and three or four of his friends.

  • We rode over to make inquiries, and learned that he had lost several successive crops.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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