Example sentences of "[adv] a long walk " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began explaining , straight on , then first right , on to the second set of lights … etcetera … etcetera … it 's rather a long walk , sir , he concluded . |
| 2 | There was something rather reckless in my attending the present lectures at all , because it was in the depths of winter , and from where I now lived it was rather a long walk to the town — over a mile , at any rate . |
| 3 | ‘ Is n't it rather a long walk ? ’ |
| 4 | And I also know that you spent a summer on rather a long walk . |
| 5 | It was quite a long walk to the stables , which were at the back of the house . |
| 6 | She should have insisted , have pretended that Sophia 's part of London was inaccessible by public transport , and of course , when one came to think of it , there was quite a long walk from the station . |
| 7 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 8 | Quite a long walk if you 're coming over there . |
| 9 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |
| 10 | Then a long walk to the little room . |