English example sentences with "ran"

Learn how to use ran in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

You ran a red light.

I ran into a friend while walking in Ginza.

I ran across an old friend near the bank.

We ran short of money.

The excited audience ran into the concert hall.

A small road ran across the bridge, through the fields, and over a hill.

The children ran toward the classroom.

I ran into an old friend.

Sensing danger, he ran away.

A small stream ran down among the rocks.

The sightseeing bus ran through a long tunnel.

I ran to school, but the bell had already rung.

We ran down the hill.

We ran all the way to the station.

Our diplomacy and strategy ran in clear contradiction to each other.

As soon as I left home, I ran into her.

I was almost home when the car ran out of gas.

Feeling the house shake, I ran out into the street.

Feeling the house shake, I ran outside.

Feeling the house shake, I ran out into the yard at the back of the house.

I ran into an old friend of mine outside the station.

We ran on as far as the station.

I ran into an old classmate of mine on my way to the station.

I ran into my old teacher at the station.

We ran into each other at the station.

As it began to rain, I ran into my house.

A cat ran across the street.

I ran and ran, but missed the train.

I ran and ran, but missed the train.

I ran as fast as I could.

The well ran dry.

The left fielder ran hard and caught the long fly.

It was his car that ran over Lucy and her dog.

It looks like Yokkun's dad ran off with his nursery school teacher.

As is often the case, the boy ran away from home.

Mary ran.

Unable to bear her miseries, she ran away from her husband.

Mike ran very fast yesterday.

Yesterday I ran into Yamada, whom I hadn't seen in years.

My ballpoint pen just ran out of ink.

Ben ran a 100-meter race with Carl.

A policeman ran past.

He ran away at the sight of a police patrol.

The battery ran down.

The buses ran back and forth almost empty.

I ran into Mr Lynch on the bus.

All was quiet except that buses sometimes ran.

The bus nearly ran over him.

The mouse ran and the cat ran after him.

The mouse ran and the cat ran after him.

A rat ran across the road.

Nancy ran across an old friend of hers yesterday.

No matter how fast you ran, you cannot win.

The thief ran away.

The color ran when the dress was washed.

A truck ran over our dog.

Tom ran and ran, until at last he saw the telephone booth.

Tom ran and ran, until at last he saw the telephone booth.

As soon as the door opened, they ran away.

She ran as fast as she was able to.

I ran as quickly as I could.

No one ran ahead of him.

A lot of boys ran after the rabbit.

So I ran to my father's restaurant.

Those cowards ran away soon.

The bus ran on the long and winding road.

Then he got dressed, stuffed his lecture notes into his briefcase, and ran down the stairs.

The cat ran away into the room.

When we saw the animal so near us, we ran away in terror.

The slave ran for his life.

The thief ran fast.

The thief ran away at the sight of a policeman.

The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.

The man ran away.

The boy ran away.

The boy ran toward his house.

The boy put on his athletic shoes and ran outside.

No sooner had the girl caught sight of the monster than she ran away.

At that moment tears ran down the old man's face.

The car ran out of gas before reaching the city.

The car ran down the policeman.

The play ran for six months.

The dog ran after the cat.

The dog ran away at the sight of me.

Scarcely had the dog seen me before in ran away.

The instant he saw the policeman, he ran away.

The plan was given up at length because funds ran short.

The bear ran after me.

When I heard the news on the radio, a chill ran down my spine.

The truck ran over a boy.

The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.

We ran out of gas on the way there.

All the boys ran away.

John ran into the room.

John ran to the station so as to catch the last train.

Mr Johnson ran fastest of the three.

Jane ran after the deer as fast as possible.

This is a picture of the first train that ran between Tokyo and Yokohama.

At the last office I went to I ran out of work after a couple of hours, which made the rest of the day rather boring.

The other day I ran out of gas in the middle of a busy Interstate.

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