by-street

Example Sentences

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"What ails thee, Skirmen?" he inquired, stopping his horse in a by-street.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

Probably, then, it would be in some by-street or alley.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

A corridor joined the theatre to the door on the by-street; and with this, the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

This spectacle lent the secretary wings; and he did not relax his pace until he had gained the Bayswater Road, and plunged at random into an unfrequented by-street.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He followed the man, and in a few minutes found himself in a narrow by-street, where a single carriage was standing.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James