by-street

Example Sentences

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My destination was in a by-street in a mean, rickety building.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The insurgents thought no more of a foe who had only retired out of sight down a by-street.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

I turned east again without knowing it, and it was quite dark when I passed along a sombre little by-street, ill lighted and empty.

From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur

Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street, but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.

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

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