Example sentences of "[art] long walk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The starting point for the long walk over the heath to the house . |
| 2 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 3 | Nathan had not been prepared for the bus trip into and out of the town and the long walk through the snow to a campsite either . |
| 4 | The tip-tap of her own heels on the pavement was Bridget 's only company during the long walk through the bleak back doubles . |
| 5 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 6 | Not a night to attempt the long walk to Achnacarry . |
| 7 | Most of all , if opposition batsman would like to get out ( the dollier the catch the better ) they can start the long walk to the pavilion in the knowledge that it was in a good cause , and not just that of Barney cricket . |
| 8 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 9 | A long walk through the remote area of Assynt |
| 10 | They looked as if they had been dressed in a hurry and not very suitably for a long walk on the headland , even in a warm autumn . |
| 11 | This lovely Victorian house is quite blissfully situated amongst a cluster of houses , in the village of Alnmouth , right on the banks of the river estuary , with only a small garden and a ‘ no through ’ road between it and the beach — it is brilliant for tumbling out of bed and enjoying a long walk on almost deserted sands . |
| 12 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 13 | However , after an uncomfortable night with hardly any sleep , a rudimentary wash at the station , an hour 's work , a long train journey , a long walk to a day centre for a shower , and then with another long walk ahead of me , the return train journey , a further hour 's hard work and another uncomfortable night , day in , day out — I 'm a sprightly so-and-so but something else on top of all that did seem like perhaps too much of a good thing . |
| 14 | There was something rather reckless in my attending the present lectures at all , because it was in the depths of winter , and from where I now lived it was rather a long walk to the town — over a mile , at any rate . |
| 15 | It 's a long walk to Meall Corranaich and just before the top , the ridge splits away to the west which causes some confusion in poor visibility . |
| 16 | It was a long walk to the chair in front of the desk . |
| 17 | Then a long walk to the little room . |
| 18 | Mr Heathcliff will have a long walk to wherever he 's staying tonight , and I 'm thirsty . ’ |
| 19 | It was quite a long walk to the stables , which were at the back of the house . |
| 20 | It would have been a long walk to here , and no doubt some other person would have been offering a dubious lift by the time she arrived . |
| 21 | They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone . |
| 22 | They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late . |
| 23 | After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her . |
| 24 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |
| 25 | He had a long walk before him . |
| 26 | Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter . |
| 27 | After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park . |
| 28 | Along the way came the rescue of the magazine , History Today , a long walk in the Himalayas collecting more than 2,000 seeds , and making his family self-sufficient in milk , eggs and vegetables on a London plot . |
| 29 | I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ? |
| 30 | If a gloomy mood descended on him , he could shake it off by taking a long walk in the direction of the most barren stretch of beach , out over the dunes . |