Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [unc] walk " in BNC.

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1 The idea of controlling Gazzer , of making Gazzer afraid of him , excited him : it had been evolving in his mind ever since that afternoon 's walk with Marie down to the arcades .
2 As the centre of the latter is only a half hour 's walk away , many of its attractions are the same ( and for these please see entry for Topp 's Hotel ) .
3 After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns .
4 Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station .
5 It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine .
6 In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill .
7 Just under half lived in the same household as the dementia sufferer ( 45 per cent ) ; most of the remainder lived within easy reach : 14 per cent in the same street or only a few minutes ' walk away , 20 per cent within two miles , ten per cent within five miles , and only 11 per cent further than five miles away ( although in Newham 36 per cent of the principal carers lived more than two miles away compared with only 12 per cent in Ipswich ) .
8 Only a few minutes ' walk from the Centre the ARC is a must for anyone interested in the subject of archaeology .
9 It 's hot , it 's happy and it 's home for the next six weeks , along with the University Arms Hotel a few minutes ' walk away .
10 After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind .
11 A few minutes ' walk away the Boulevard Gallieni has been renamed the Boulevard Soummam but it is still spectacular : wide enough for the sun to congregate here for most of the day , not simply dropping in for an hour as it always has to in the canyon streets of Manhattan .
12 One of the world 's finest hotels , the Mandarin Oriental overlooks the harbour , a few minutes ' walk from the famous Star Ferry .
13 There must be very few bird reserves situated only a few minutes ' walk from the centre of a town which turn out to be as rewarding as Radipole Lake , another RSPB reserve .
14 He booked in to the Inter-Continental Hotel , only a few minutes ' walk from the fairground .
15 Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away .
16 When the British evicted the Mughals from the Red Fort in 1857 , some of the court eunuchs had come to live nearby , a few minutes ' walk from the Turkman Gate .
17 The Royal Scottish National Orchestra gives weekly concerts in the Usher Hall ; Scottish Opera comes to Edinburgh regularly and there are performances by the Scottish Ensemble , the Scottish Chamber Orchestra , the Scottish Early Music Consort and other groups , many of these in the Queen 's Hall , just a few minutes ' walk from the central University area .
18 However , you should have enough energy left to include Lakeland 's noblest summit in this day 's walk — Great Gable ( 1.5 miles ) .
19 The main route on this day 's walk is via the most exciting mile of path in the Lake District — the High Level Route on Pillar .
20 As the crow flies , Elterwater and Grasmere are only two miles apart , so it would be easy to miss out this day 's walk if you wanted to shorten the complete circuit .
21 Another half-hour 's walk brings us to the site of a village which has disappeared altogether — the deserted village of Holyoak , now remembered by the solitary farmstead of Holyoaks Lodge .
22 WWF is giving money for conservation all the time in Northern Ireland , with much of the spending going into coastal projects , the theme of this year 's Walk for Wildlife campaign .
23 Accommodation is available at the end of each day 's walk , though sometimes this is very limited , ranging from a hotel to a simple youth hostel .
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