Example sentences of "a [adj] journey " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnson 's ‘ about a mile ’ takes twenty minutes on foot , quite a downhill journey , and , if Old Aberdeen be small , it is also pleasing . |
| 2 | ‘ We had a pleasant journey , thank you , ’ Mrs Carson said . |
| 3 | They shook hands and Rufus wished her a pleasant journey home to Sevenoaks , she would just be in time to avoid the rush . |
| 4 | It was a lovely starlit night and except for anxiety for the sufferer a pleasant journey . |
| 5 | It was a pleasant journey . |
| 6 | Weary with the struggle to be understood , and fearful , like Solzhenitsyn after him , that to collect his prize in Stockholm might prove to be a one-way journey , Pasternak declined his honour , writing to Khrushchev that , for him , exile would mean death . |
| 7 | It used to be said that any salmon running up the Dee made a one-way journey . |
| 8 | Certainly Constanze and Wolfgang seem to have gained more satisfaction from their marital relationship than from parenthood : on two occasions they abandoned a newly born baby to the mercies of a wet-nurse while they undertook a prolonged journey ; and , while Mozart occasionally refers affectionately to his eldest son in his letters , the little boy was sent away to school as soon as possible , presumably to give his father some peace to work . |
| 9 | A classic journey in classic style — Citalia offers you the chance to enter a bygone era where tradition abounds and the commitment to impeccable service is paramount . |
| 10 | The message , which had originated in Charleroi just thirty-two miles away , had first been sent to Marshal Blücher at Namur , then copied and sent on to Brussels , a total journey of seventy miles . |
| 11 | Where perishable goods are to be despatched to the buyer by carrier , it is reasonable to expect the goods to be of such a quality as to be able to withstand a normal journey — Mash & murrell v. Joseph Emmanuel ( 1961 Q.B. ) . |
| 12 | The sports man or woman simply walks to the top of a hill , carrying a special mountain skateboard , and when at the top climbs on the board for a thrill-of-a-lifetime journey down the hill . |
| 13 | BRITAIN 'S education system is embarking upon a ground-breaking journey , brushing aside many long-held doctrines and beliefs as it goes . |
| 14 | Alan Ayckbourn 's new comedy , Time of my Life , explores the family 's lives , past , present and future in a three-way journey through time . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm so sorry you 've had a vain journey . |
| 16 | It 's a strange journey Paul Weller 's made , but stranger still is that he 's managed to take the greater part of his audience along with him . |
| 17 | It was a strange journey . |
| 18 | Tell you what , it 's gon na be a strange journey up to Woodbridge |
| 19 | I 'd never paid much attention to it , it was just another little landmark on a daily journey , the last house before the railway bridge . |
| 20 | They 're setting off across Cirencester on a daily journey , carrying a little bit of their garden with them . |
| 21 | Daly and Caputi take us on a mystical journey through a web of words and meanings , skilfully woven by and for women . |
| 22 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 23 | The funeral was now becoming a public display of private wealth — a statement of status — rather than a dignified journey to the grave , and there were any number of tradesmen in the private sector eager to cater for the demand and , thereby , to profit from it . |
| 24 | and erm she li she 's in Egham and her boyfriend came down and was driving her back to Sheffield and then driving back again here on Monday so she got a free journey home . |
| 25 | In the perilously low night temperatures of this planet , it was a foolish journey to make . |
| 26 | This ti me it is only a five-minute journey through the narrow streets . |
| 27 | I arrived at Ragdale Hall in a somewhat frenzied condition after a horrendous journey in which I encountered over 20 major roadworks and the JCBs ’ annual day out ! |
| 28 | It is n't until ah th , the only time we did have a smashing journey , we went with erm oh what 's , what 's the name of a local firm from Plymouth ? |
| 29 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 30 | A chance to mix and match your favourites and take a perfect journey of discovery . ’ |