Creating Timeline to View Sequence

Ok, so say I have 3 to 5 shots and I'm working on them in the same comp. I want to put them in sequence to play them as they would be in my offline edit for instance. How can I do this?
I tried using merges and such while setting offsets on the loaders, but this doesn't seem to work. I cannot figure out how to get a bunch of shots in a row while viewing them all sequentially in one of the viewers. Is this possible?
I tried using merges and such while setting offsets on the loaders, but this doesn't seem to work. I cannot figure out how to get a bunch of shots in a row while viewing them all sequentially in one of the viewers. Is this possible?