He hailed a passer-by to inquire the distance to the Old.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

A passer-by saw her lying on the pavement and dialled 999.    From Wordnik.com.  [Girl dies in fall from tower block window] Reference

An occasional passer-by looked at her and went on his way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Some passer-by could truly say "His heart was ever young!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference

There was nothing in its appearance to attract a passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference

He could not get out, so he waited patiently for some passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

Then when they were out of sight of any passer-by he went on: 'I am.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

When a passer-by criticized his music, Mr. Hochstrasser fought back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Street Musician Uses Guitar To Hit Critic] Reference

As much as this even the careless passer-by cannot well avoid seeing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference

In losing your way in this neighbourhood do not ask the passer-by for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference

He nabbed the first passer-by and asked him to point out Dr. Fitzhugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwise Child] Reference

'The passer-by,' he said, 'no longer saw the combs dangle in his face.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference

Then she raised her eyes and pointed, with a little laugh, to a passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference

"'Rejoice, thou passer-by: he whom we have buried here cannot live again.'".    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

One passer-by stopped to enquire if there was going to be a Battle of Flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference

Serfs were too likely to be questioned by the first passer-by who noticed them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Millennium] Reference

'Yonder through the myrtle-trees it stands,' replied a passer-by; 'but do not intrude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference

He had such a wise head that after a year he remembered a thing that a passer-by had said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italian Popular Tales] Reference

There is a large and handsome spring there, well worth the visit of the tourist and passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference

Every passer-by contributes to it, and at the same time curses the man in memory of whom it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

I wish I had remained in the lane, for there was a chance of my being admired by some passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parables from Flowers] Reference

Those left hung over the rail at the end of the Main Street bridge and eyed every female passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Working With the Working Woman] Reference

Soon tall grass grew on it, and drug-resistance bacteria frolicked on the blades, waiting for a passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Amazing Adventures of Macro-Microbe] Reference

Every passer-by adds to it, and in a few years 'time it becomes an imposing memorial to one who was a liar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

"Will you then not buy turkeys at eleven francs the couple, ma belle dame?" she cries shrilly to a passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

This is far the best arrangement; it would never do for it to be left floating where any passer-by could pick it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914] Reference

He remarked afterwards that he felt as a hunted criminal might who saw in every casual passer-by a possible detective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference

We have already seen that cypress was put at the door to express to the passer-by the bereavement of the dwellers in the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference

Every passer-by might note the limit and circumscription dividing the new place from the ancient seat of the lords of the manor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference

Of course, if nobody here is guilty we must believe that some passer-by ventured down upon the river while crossing Pinewood estate.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference

The museum is primarily targeted at school children; but an occasional coin enthusiast or curious passer-by also may be found inside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money Matters] Reference

The passer-by, whirled on by the coach, said to them under his breath: 'What a pity, innocent fays, that this gold may not be for you!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference

The happy, contented soul goes about the ways of life humming its satisfactions to itself, and is now and again heard by the passer-by.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference

Each passer-by had cast his tribute on the pile as an offering to good spirits that they might lessen his fatigue in the toilsome climb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference