Example sentences of "[verb] a few blocks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 2 | If nothing catches the eye , walk a few blocks to West 47th street , between Fifth and Sixth Avenues , to browse at the Gotham Book Mart ( ’ Wise men fish here , ’ says the sign ) , which , for 70 years has specialised in literature and arts . |
| 3 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
| 4 | These women go out with their children and in their bags or baskets , instead of carrying nappies or extra clothing for their children , they have the bombs or weapons which we will use a few blocks further on . |
| 5 | To build a wall of Pycoma you simply erect a hollow mould of shuttering , lay a few blocks of Pycoma inside , and light them . |
| 6 | Perfectly safe , until I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and found myself , the only female , in a street lined with male prostitutes . |
| 7 | He left the corner and trekked a few blocks east until he found a bar , where he put two bourbons down his throat , and wished to his core that alcohol and not the opposite sex had been his addiction . |