by-street

Example Sentences

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“Or he may have fled,” said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street.

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

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

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

She could, and did, imagine a sublimated “dwelling in amity” on the little by-street in Tillbury.

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe

I got out of the press of carriages, and took a by-street along the Tiber, to the Coliseum.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

He betook himself, together with his charge, to a certain small, old-fashioned hotel in a by-street, where he was in the habit of staying whenever his ship was lying in Portsmouth Harbour.

From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles