After 1812 shortage of horses meant that a five-squadron French dragoon regiment might go to war with three squadrons horsed and two on foot. |
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Because of the sprawling size of the area to be mapped, preliminary observation was done by car, and then on foot. |
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They rode through the wall and into the city flanked by cavalry and archers and soldiers on foot. |
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It took four hours for British paratroopers to reach the bridges on foot, by which time German resistance was already stiffening. |
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When you're on foot, Nick Kang can fight, shoot, flash his badge, fire in the air and roust suspects. |
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Similarly, Indian women are the only ones who weave on backstrap or stick looms, while both Indian and Ladino men weave on foot looms. |
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Rescuers had to struggle on foot through more than a mile of rugged terrain before helping the passengers. |
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After leading them through the back streets off Burtonstone Lane, he escaped on foot. |
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After dark, tank crews on foot led their tanks forward in low gear to our new defensive positions. |
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I wanted to know if it was possible to see something of Farndale's famous daffodils from the saddle of a bicycle rather than on foot. |
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A brief orientation with a map will confirm that most of the attractions are handily situated in the compact centre, and easily reached on foot. |
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An aged, wooden blockade obstructed the pebbled road, so they had to park Raven's Ferrari in front of it and continue the travel on foot. |
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Also, when travelling on foot, stick to well-lit, busy, main roads, which are much less risky. |
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I followed on foot, looking up at the two majestic skyscrapers along the way. |
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The man took hold of the woman's handbag and dragged her to the floor before making off on foot. |
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He eventually came to a stop in Chestnut Avenue, and tried to make off on foot, but he was surrounded by officers. |
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The robber stole cash before making off on foot and turning left in the direction of Braintree. |
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He spent a week crossing the Bernese Alps, traveling largely on foot, mule, and horseback. |
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His style is to use horses to get deep into wilderness, then set up camp and hike farther into the backcountry, hunting on foot. |
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It's a good starting point for a tour of the city's main sights, most of which can be comfortably visited on foot. |
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Row after row of white tennis shoes sit upright on foot spikes like pristine, obedient soldiers standing to attention. |
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In Lima, a Peruvian guide warned us not to go out on foot and, if so, to walk briskly. |
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Refreshments will be taken in Montepertuso and in Nocelle, a village accessible only on foot. |
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Two policemen, chasing a burglar on foot, left their car open and his accomplice stole it. |
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Police have returned to patrol local streets on foot and on bikes after sustained community pressure for higher visibility policing. |
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Many of the materials to build the cabins halfway up the mountain were carried in to the secret location on foot. |
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Until the mid-1800s, the best technology was shouting, bugling, or messengers on foot or on horseback. |
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To the east lies the wild promontory of Portofino, whose southern coast is accessible only on foot or by sea. |
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It is a dense city with distinct urban cores, practical and delightful to traverse on foot. |
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The driver then tried to make a break for it on foot, but was quickly apprehended by police who gave chase. |
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Mountain Quail regularly migrate short distances on foot, usually descending to lower elevations for the winter, staying below the snow line. |
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Alas, my commute is three minutes on foot, so today will not be a snow day. |
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The best way to see it is on foot, along the five-day Druk Path between Paro and Thimpu, camping against a backdrop of towering snowcaps. |
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There is an electric train which took us 5km into the caves but the untraversable and most breath-taking part we saw on foot. |
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Teams travel entirely on foot, navigating by map and compass between checkpoints in terrain that varies from open farmland to hilly forest. |
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Red coats on sleek horses are hugely outnumbered by the people who follow in their cars, or on foot. |
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At present the team is covering about 13 miles a day on foot and skis and they are hoping to reach their destination in about 60 days. |
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They showed up on foot, bike and skateboards, with signs, banners, puppets and costumes. |
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I find myself constantly on my guard while shopping for fear of muggers, on foot or cycle. |
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Sometimes they used the flames to drive the bison someplace for easier and safer killing by people on foot. |
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Here new mixes with old, and you can rediscover the joy of exploring on foot and riding efficient trolley cars. |
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The gunmen on foot then proceeded to the swimming pool, where a party was going on, and fired several shots. |
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They had managed to brave the strong winds and to make the short journey down Main Street on foot. |
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Quickly we hauled the canoe ashore and began to follow on foot, but the muck and mire made a chase on land impossible. |
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Clothing and homemade baskets come from a cooperative of women who sew on foot treadle machines. |
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After the funeral ceremony, the body is carried on an iron bier on foot to the tower, by an even number of corpse bearers. |
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He went by bicycle down to the railway, then by train to Christchurch, by tram to the Square and on foot to College. |
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Such men are far too important to spend their time on foot patrol, and indeed in some forces such duty is used as a mild punishment. |
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Alexander does it on foot, following meandering game trails and tracking the animals. |
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The professional ivory hunter generally carried his large medium-bore rifle while on foot and had his gun bearer carry the heavy rifle. |
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Other protestors arrived on foot, or by bike, and some kept busy by taking photographs of the assembled gathering. |
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Once, he even directed the helmsman to beach the boat, right into the teeth of an ambush, and pursued our attackers on foot, into the jungle. |
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They had beached the raft and made their way on foot across a series of barren plains. |
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Better yet, you see most of it on foot or on elephant-back, perched atop a cushioned howdah. |
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Some guests are happy to potter around on foot for a week, trying out the score of restaurants, or buying food for themselves and self-catering. |
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This he accomplished on foot, walking the stock down the road through the villages and into the City. |
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We have found a pair of nesting wallcreepers not far from the village and easily reached on foot, The birds are at this site until mid-July. |
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Taking a city tram from Basel as far as its terminus at the city limits, I followed the road on foot. |
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He said at one point two police horses began to move quickly through the crowd, police on foot running behind them. |
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Bryson makes his way through the British countryside, towns and cities by way of bus, train, or on foot. |
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But you will transcend these privations because New York on foot lifts you out of yourself, simply by being itself. |
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Eric and Michael had to swap the comfort of motor transport for pack mules and on foot. |
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Staveley's Rob Jebb became only the second athlete to win the Three Peaks on foot and on wheels at the weekend, writes Mike Addison. |
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Armed police will be on foot patrol throughout Greater Manchester between now and the New Year. |
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By day, follow expert Masai guides on foot to spot lions, cheetahs, and wildebeests without disturbing their habitats. |
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A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman on foot behind. |
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In the past, hockey fans could walk on foot for miles to watch their favourite stars. |
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In the end, we set off on foot and walk for an hour before we manage to flag a taxi down at a crossroads. |
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Motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles in the road and walk the remaining distance on foot. |
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Travelling on foot forces you to engage with bits of the country you don't see from a vehicle. |
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He walked on foot into the forest as he had done many times, looking for any signs of movement in the bushes ahead. |
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The council established a special unit last year to look into outstanding levies due on foot of granted planning permissions. |
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A spokesperson for the site said they were very disappointed that on foot of legal advice they had to shut the service down. |
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It was on foot of one of these monthly reviews that the decision to close the nursery was taken in August. |
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There will then be a verifiable record of what action is taken on foot of that. |
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The purposes with which they are set on foot are profit, honour, or avoidance of loss or dishonour. |
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We set enquiries on foot, and it turned out that there had been an overnight break-out from Barnyards' field. |
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This, however, would require organization and some leader to set it on foot. |
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Finally the vehicle was abandoned and the hostages were made to walk on foot. |
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The revolutions carry their own points, some-times to the ruin of those who set them on foot. |
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It was easy to see what must be the fate of this fine system in any serious and comprehensive attempt to set it on foot in this country. |
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Both occupants, believed to be armed with a gun and a small knife or machete, escaped on foot and were still at large last night. |
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I strongly recommend that you go there, either on foot or by car as the view from there gives a panorama of Canterbury mountains. |
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But the barbarities of war come to disgust Inman and he deserts, embarking on an odyssey on foot back to Ada. |
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They traveled on the jungle trails until they had to abandon the pack animals and continue on foot, carrying their supplies on their backs. |
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Like their counterparts across the valley, these Northern Cheyennes fought on foot. |
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It's unlikely a professional assassin would have shown his face or made a getaway on foot. |
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With fox hunting you have hoards of people following across country on foot, one way or another, for yards or miles. |
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We are drinking sundowners by the Land Cruiser and musing that, if we set off on foot now, we'd still be nowhere in a week's time. |
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Some of Edmonds's men were charging forward, running flat out, on foot or on horses, pausing to shoot toward the ridge. |
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You can charge around on foot with rifles, or hop in any number of vehicles to indulge in some mechanised ultra-violence. |
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On landfall she was hoisted from the boat, and the journey continued as before, on foot. |
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Bundles of goods containing inflammable material can be seen lying on foot paths blocking already narrow lanes. |
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He dismounted and told Alana to slide back into the saddle, he would lead Charger along the trails on foot. |
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They led their horses on foot along the single narrow road that led out of the forest. |
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I had to do an emergency stop on a hill, get out of the car with Astel and leg it after some crooks on foot. |
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A fire broke out after the tunnel caved in on Sunday, and a number of survivors fled to safety on foot. |
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Those on foot will be in the middle with some more experienced rangers ahead of us scouting out the land. |
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When we reached the village on foot the others went ahead, walking in a purposeful stride toward the synagogue. |
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The gunman, who wore a balaclava and a black bomber jacket, ran out of the house and fled the area, initially on foot. |
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They marched out in regular formation, peeling off two by two at each main street to patrol their beats on foot. |
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If infantry attacks on foot, defending troops cut off infantry from tanks and destroy it with machine-gun and automatic rifle fire. |
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We set out on foot from the car park, the falls being a good 10-minute walk away, on a stony path that goes up and down. |
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They were legendary horsemen, skilled in fighting both mounted and on foot. |
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I am appealing for anyone who intends on going out late at night to consider their personal safety and if alone on foot keep to well lit areas. |
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Scores of police on foot and horseback lined the route as the protestors marched at a slow pace, bringing traffic to a standstill. |
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Up to thirty skilled men and apprentices were employed from the surrounding villages, coming to work on foot or by bicycle. |
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Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their roadblock, and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule. |
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Voters in Baghdad will have to reach the polls on foot because barricades set up to prevent attacks on the polls and car-bombs also block peaceful traffic. |
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Arlene said that after giving her the 50 cents, Gina no longer had enough money to take the bus and had set off for home on foot. |
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Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business. |
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After a four-hour ramble on foot through deep gorges, past monasteries, and up steep, forested hillsides, we arrive in Chhulemu, Babu's home village. |
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Lewis and Clarke, has entirely fulfilled my expectations in setting it on foot, and that the world will find that those travellers have well earned its favor. |
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Old-style woodsmen, these guys like to hunt on foot with longbows. |
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Pupils on foot and those arriving by car are all using the same main gate. |
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This drill also allows cavalry men to prepare for battle on foot. |
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We were trying to yard cattle and you don't get on foot for that. |
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He patrolled on foot, and Improvised Explosive Devices filled the donkey paths that crisscrossed the wadis and hills. |
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The Zulu army traveled on foot, and the soldiers carried only their spears and shields, because they would be fed by the local villagers wherever they were. |
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It was pointed out on their behalf that the evidence of user on foot came essentially from people who either worked for or on the estate or for a tenant farmer. |
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They left the native mechanic and a disgruntled Atlee on board and, armed with shotguns, revolvers and machetes, set out on foot into the jungle for the lake. |
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The pace of light infantry is limited to the speed of a soldier on foot. |
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It is therefore important when examining a slaver on foot to see that it is struck with the obligatory lion passant or leopard's head erased mark. |
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They are legitimate game and can be hunted from stands or stalked on foot. |
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There are rumbustious animal fights and wrestling matches, and Holi is celebrated on horseback, on elephant back, on foot, in a whirl of shifting colours. |
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After three days on foot in the Serengeti, the less-is-more formula of Natural High advocates makes complete sense. |
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The masked killer appeared on foot and alone, shot Nacer three times in the face and chest, and escaped down a side street. |
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Parkour is the art of getting from one place to another, on foot, as creatively as humanly possible. |
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They were on foot, and that should have made them easy meat, despite their head start, yet none of the men Churnazh could fully trust had found a trace of them. |
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Twenty officers mounted on horses quickly advanced, swinging batons, flanked by police on foot who fired concussion grenades and volleys of rubber bullets. |
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She was tied to a chair while they made off, on foot, with the cash. |
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The police had set up roadblocks immediately, and at one point that night a whole heap of people tried to bust through the roadblock in cars and on foot. |
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The four armed blacks were belting Constable Murray who was on foot. |
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Their unfamiliar appearance and smell so unsettled the enemy horses that the Lydian troopers were forced to dismount and fight on foot, where they were decisively defeated. |
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She stopped to rest twice but covered the entire twelve miles on foot. |
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On another note, all elections should be held only after the monsoons, and after all the candidates have been forced to walk on foot through the city during the rains. |
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Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot. |
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When we arrived there on foot, I thought at first that the house had withstood the quake. |
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They must never have faced a man on foot before they enter the bullring. |
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Probably the best time to visit is spring or autumn when the sharp nip in the air is still a welcome novelty and makes sight-seeing on foot more pleasant. |
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Teams searched large areas on foot, recording and mapping all occurrences of Steller's or spectacled eiders, as well as predators such as gulls, jaegers, and foxes. |
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Last year, flush with cash from successful investments, I splashed out, spending many hours online and on foot to track down the perfect gifts for family and friends. |
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Two of them escaped on foot but a third was chased and caught by staff. |
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Chapmen on foot were the poorest and those with shops the richest. |
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As I came up to a join in the paths, through the drizzle and the fog I saw another party, on foot and horseback, approaching along the other track. |
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She told police that the suspect fled on foot after making the threat. |
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About 10,000 Swazis arrived by truck, buses and on foot yesterday morning to a national meeting called by their king to hear of planned changes to the country's constitution. |
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I'd seen more life in a tramp's vest than I had in this lad, and he just sat on the bike totally unconcerned as I approached him on foot. |
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Travelling between valleys was difficult on foot or by pony because of the steep passes across the mountainous ridges. |
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Cyclists using a bridleway are obliged to give way to other users on foot or horseback. |
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He managed this on foot despite his blindness, demonstrating his determination and resourcefulness. |
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Those who became separated from the main body or who could not reach the Flagstaff Tower also set out for Karnal on foot. |
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In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and almost every form of transport is on water or on foot. |
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However, it is the only living marine mammal with powerful, large limbs and feet that allow them to cover miles on foot and run on land. |
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Drake explored the coasts around his port by ship for some time as well as the surrounding land on foot. |
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The city was interlaced with a series of canals, so that all sections of the city could be visited either on foot or via canoe. |
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To go from North America to Asia on foot is theoretically possible but very difficult. |
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The land of Hyrule can be crossed either on foot or on the back of Links's trusty steed, Epona. |
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Hisayo, who was in her 30s, was on the way to a post office on foot near the hypocenter for work on the morning of Aug. |
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He scouted out their encampment while they were sleeping. They were on foot, but with sledges. |
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It is possible that some of the higher class members of the army rode to battle, but when battle was joined they dismounted to fight on foot. |
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The fyrd and the housecarls both fought on foot, with the major difference between them being the housecarls' superior armour. |
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Sometimes he is on foot but mostly he travels with a cart, the Karrig an Ankou, drawn by two oxen and a lean horse. |
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City police sergeants and constables wear crested helmets whilst on foot patrol. |
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As smoothbores, they were not very accurate beyond 50 yards or so and were cumbersome to carry on foot. |
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However, according to contemporary English reports, Thomas Howard marched on foot leading the English vanguard to the foot of the hill. |
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And they have lethal weapons in the roadside boobytrap bomb and the suicide bomber, by vehicle or on foot. |
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The only economy recovering on foot of the Government policy of cuts is the black economy. |
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A stray mule skinner leading his pony on foot joined them as they started at a brisk walk toward the wagon boxes. |
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In addition a 28 year old soldier from the SPLA, was wounded by a land mine while inspecting the blast site on foot. |
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The appearance of our caravan was curious and grotesque. Our britchka was drawn by three camels, taken in tow by a man on foot. |
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Li Changbo set off from Yangzhou city in Jiangsu province and has traveled thousands of miles on foot, Metro. |
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Another route proposed is that, either on foot or using primitive boats, they migrated down the Pacific coast to South America. |
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Wednesday, police received a report of a suicidal man who had left his home on Woodstone Place on foot. |
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The offenders then made off with cash on foot in the direction of Firecrest Way. |
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Ponies could be taken as far as Red Tarn, where there were stakes to tether them while undertaking the final part on foot via Swirral Edge. |
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Foxhound packs in the Cumbrian fells and other upland areas are followed by supporters on foot rather than on horseback. |
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Legends claim that it was passable on foot up to 1480 AD, until cyclones deepened the channel. |
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Many modern explorers, contend that Peary could not have reached the pole on foot in the time he claimed. |
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On 31 January 1936, Orwell set out by public transport and on foot, reaching Manchester via Coventry, Stafford, the Potteries and Macclesfield. |
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Rae used a pragmatic approach of traveling by land on foot and dogsled, and typically employed less than ten people in his exploration parties. |
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Most perished as they crossed the frozen Danube on foot, only for the ice to give way. |
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Gramps was on foot patrol when he happened upon three thieves robbing a fur store. |
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Several companies offer open top bus tours around the city, as well as tours on foot and on the river. |
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A significant portion of the wall still stands and can be followed on foot along the adjoining Hadrian's Wall Path. |
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Recalling a time when journeys were undertaken on foot, horseback, carriage or under sail, Griff re-traces the routes our ancestors took. |
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Though there is a paved road up to The Old and The New batteries, access is on foot, from a car park. |
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In beagling, the hare is hunted with a pack of small hunting dogs, beagles, followed by the human hunters on foot. |
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Polybius adds that Pytheas said he traversed the whole of Britain on foot, of which he, Polybius, is skeptical. |
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St Georges has no direct interchange with other public transport, but the bus and railway stations can be reached on foot in a few minutes. |
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Sheth had to start from way up in a mountainous area and travel on foot all the way down to the bottom undetected by other students of her dojo. |
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Others were moved on foot to the river Scheldt and were sent by barge to the Ruhr. |
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At nightfall Keller and some of the crews made their way on foot to Gavelines. |
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A Royal Marine, from 40 Commando, died in an explosion while on foot patrol in the Sangin District of Helmand Province. |
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Cavalry formed a large segment of an army, but troops readily dismounted to fight on foot. |
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Fighting on foot is both habitual and a national custom and they are proficient in this. |
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Terns of several species will feed on invertebrates, following the plough or hunting on foot on mudflats. |
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Then there are the potterers who get off the ship and explore the local town on foot or take a bus or taxi to a local attraction. |
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Modern humans first arrived in Iberia, from the north on foot, about 35,000 years ago. |
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Northcote Parkinson, believed that ancient travellers on horseback or on foot generally kept to the left, since most people were right handed. |
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James II abandoned the tradition of the pageant to pay for jewels for his queen and thereafter there was only a short procession on foot from Westminster Hall to the abbey. |
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The 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry advanced on foot to within a few kilometres of Caen, but had to withdraw due to lack of armour support. |
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During the course of 17 days, an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 MST marchers traveled 200 km on foot to Brasilia from Goiania in the neighboring state of Goias. |
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It was customary for the heavy cavalry to fight entirely on foot. |
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A file of mourners on foot, including Robert Stewart and a number of knights dressed in black gowns, accompanied the funeral party into Dunfermline Abbey. |
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Thus, it was that a Gaulish army of 250,000 could advance on Rome during the period of Marius at a steady pace of what the average member could cover on foot in a given day. |
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Nevertheless, the art of fighting on foot was an obligatory part of military education which even a charioted knight could ignore at his own peril. |
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It involves combing an area, usually on foot but sometimes with the use of mechanized transport, to search for features or artifacts visible on the surface. |
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Our aim is to reeducate the people in lessening traffic congestion and air pollution by using bicycles and by commuting instead on foot, the official added. |
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The Gepidae, seeing that the king's son was killed, through whom in great part the war had been set on foot, at once, in their discouragement, start to flee. |
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This includes areas focusing on foot and leg muscles, knee muscles, hip and trunk muscles, shoulder and scapular muscles, forearm and hand muscles, and breathing. |
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The warning shot forced two of the RHIBs to make a quick retreat to Zlitan harbour, while the crew of the third ran ashore, beached their craft, and fled on foot. |
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During this the workers of Glasgow were recognised as they paraded along the front of the main stand at Hampden, some on foot, others in their work vehicles. |
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These areas can only be reached on foot, bicycle, canoe or on horseback. |
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On the Gower Peninsula, at its western extremity is the Worms Head, a headland of carboniferous limestone which is approachable on foot at low tide only. |
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The Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve is most readily accessed on foot from the hamlet of Crawton, which is situated and signposted about one kilometre east of the A92 coast highway. |
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Travelers who complete the journey from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Spain's Santiago de Compostela cathedral on foot will be awarded a certificate inscribed in Latin. |
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You can trek on foot or horse in the spectacular Tian Shan or Altay Mountains, watch flamingos on steppe lakes or discover mysterious underground mosques near the Caspian Sea. |
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During the next leg, Matt was hindered by his motorcycle's small fuel tank, and Sabine ran out of money, forcing her to reach the destination on foot. |
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Activities include mountain biking on forest trails, exploring the Incles Valley on foot and an off-road drive by 4WD along an old smugglers' route. |
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