Example sentences of "[pers pn] walked the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked the four miles home to the forge , thinking about all I had seen . |
| 2 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 3 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 4 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 5 | I think I can say I walked the best part of the rivers in my district . ’ |
| 6 | Last August I walked the entire towpath from Greywell to New Haw , and can report it is in good condition throughout , is very well used except in the most rural parts , and is maintained regularly by the canal authority . |
| 7 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 8 | When I first came to Shieldaig , I walked the twelve miles from Lochcarron in the south , on the only road giving access to the village , a road badly rutted and offering no invitation to wheels and , indeed , no vehicles passed me . |
| 9 | I walked the 30 paces down the narrow alley to the very spot where the paper girl first heard the running steps of her assailant before she was knocked senseless . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I was happy about my time but I have to admit that I walked the last two or three miles after I hit what they call ‘ the wall ’ . |
| 11 | It was only natural that my thoughts should be on the life and work of my friend Robert W. Service as I walked the untidy streets of Whitehorse four decades after the roaring pandemonium of the gold rush days . |
| 12 | She grew more and more tired and depressed as she walked the fifteen miles back to Flintcomb-Ash , where only hard work awaited her . |
| 13 | She alighted from the train at East 74th Street and whistled softly to herself as she walked the two hundred yards down 72nd Street from the subway to her ground-floor bachelor flat . |
| 14 | Carrying the suitcase in one hand and the violin in the other , she walked the two hundred yards to Chelmsford station and caught the 15.53 to London . |
| 15 | As she walked the short distance home , the lecturer 's words ran through her mind . |
| 16 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 17 | She walked the short distance to work , seeing nothing of the beauty of the day . |
| 18 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 19 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 20 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 21 | We walked the long , covered-in wooden bridge which led us over the Hundred Foot River to the members ' observatory . |
| 22 | A snipe was drumming as , obeying instructions and on the lookout for floods , we walked the long bank of a high tyke wall . |
| 23 | I was champing at the bit to investigate Stanford shopping precinct before my 2 p.m. hospital appointment with Dr Levy and his team , so Kenneth hastily finished his third helping and we walked the short distance to the precinct . |
| 24 | On arriving at York we walked the short distance to the N.R.M. and first of all paid a visit to the Reading Room to look through the Selwyn Higgins collection of notes , photos etc. relating to the BCR . |
| 25 | ‘ He had the look of somebody about to invite you home to cold chicken and salad with a mug of real warm English beer , ’ she continued as they walked the long black-and-white-tiled corridor . |
| 26 | CCG Catering staff in Bridge of Allan suffered after they walked the ten miles from Bridge of Allan to Menstrie and back to raise money for Forth Valley Health Board . |
| 27 | A weird island , they found as they walked the last half mile — after leaving the Mercedes in a car park with Dillon seated in the rear . |
| 28 | They walked the few hundred yards to Rivington 's studio in companionable silence . |
| 29 | Graham 's appearance brought her out of her reverie and they walked the short distance to the station , where she approached the information desk to ask for directions to the stationmaster 's office . |
| 30 | They walked the tough , circuitous route to the top , leaving the serious altitude running to a group of local Ethiopian exiles ! |