Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a walk [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back .
2 He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops .
3 They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens .
4 One day in the summer , young Daniel had gone for a walk along the towpath of a nearby canal with his older brother and two or three other ‘ big boys ’ .
5 Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge .
6 She had gone for a walk up the road , beside a field of sunflowers , and although the sun had not yet risen she could sense the whole field turning away from her and each flower raising its face towards the eastern hills over which the sun would shortly leap .
7 He happens to be a minister and found himself amid considerable grief telling his young family that their dog had gone for a walk with Jesus .
8 Patsy had gone for a walk with Mossy Rooney .
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