Example sentences of "for a walk " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , let's go for a walk , ’ said Jay . |
| 3 | No no , this fat old bird was round the back of Bunrannoch House , when I took wee Alex for a walk . |
| 4 | She potters over , ‘ I 'm going for a walk , so if I feel sick I wo n't puke all over your lawn . ’ |
| 5 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 6 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 7 | Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead . |
| 8 | I went out for a walk , then picked blackberries on Periton Hill , in that far clump at the edge of the downs . |
| 9 | In terms of preparation for the New Year Test series in the West Indies it is a bit like getting ready for an army assault course by taking the dog for a walk around the block . |
| 10 | The much-thumbed book is deeply moving , and sets the tone for a walk round this glorious building , which has seen the christenings , marriages and burials of the folk of the village for more than 600 years . |
| 11 | For exercise and air , go for a walk on the dunes . |
| 12 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 15 | I try to sleep , but can not , and go for a walk along the shore and on to a ridge from where Sør-Fugløya is thrown into relief by the blinding sun . |
| 16 | The weather convinces these men to take the opportunity for a walk around the area of the war-damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church , which is preserved as a constant reminder of the past . |
| 17 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 18 | I put my pyjamas on underneath my clothes and thus protected went for a walk round Pau . |
| 19 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 20 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is as you travel to work , or as you take the dog out for a walk , or as you walk on the Downs , or when you have that quiet morning cup of coffee . |
| 22 | She was often offered lifts , but when she said , thank you , but she was going for a walk , a pitying expression spread over the faces of the drivers . |
| 23 | Then she went for a walk . |
| 24 | Shall we go for a walk ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |
| 26 | He would go out for a walk , leaving me alone for an hour , then return full of high spirits , shouting from the doorway : . |
| 27 | Now these routines seemed to take most of the morning , and after lunch and a little rest she sallied forth for a walk . |
| 28 | EVERY day people passed by our house taking their dogs for a walk . |
| 29 | ‘ I was just taking the dog for a walk . |
| 30 | We passed Swire Sugden out for a walk and when he saw us he held out his arms and mouthed a farewell . |