Example sentences of "walk [prep] the near " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the sixth day , with the water supply exhausted and no hope of a patrol arriving , they decided to walk to the nearest British lines which they thought were 200 miles to the east . |
| 2 | Hopeless , I walked towards the nearest town , which was further away than I cared to think about . |
| 3 | Aunt Lilian and Aunt Kit walked into the nearest shop whenever their clothes became too shabby and bought the first thing that fitted them ; if they debated , it would only be about a garment 's staying power . |
| 4 | Sometimes we walked to the nearest cove . |
| 5 | Many voters in areas occupied by the Khmers Rouges , where there were no polling stations , walked to the nearest voting site . |
| 6 | I walked to the nearest telephone box and asked the operator if she could put me through to the refuge — I did n't have a single penny . |