Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a walk " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the afternoon , feeling bored , Stirling decided to go for a walk . |
| 4 | Maidstone expressed the wish to go for a walk — slowly — along the sea front . |
| 5 | It does n't have to be expensive — it does n't cost much to go for a walk , work in the garden or learn to draw . |
| 6 | Use the extra time to go for a walk around the block , or even just round the building . |
| 7 | If you have an urge to go for a walk in the moonlight , do it ! |
| 8 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 9 | Anna was immersed in a game with Edward under the watchful eye of Miss Fitch , who gave Ruth no welcome : so she decided to go for a walk . |
| 10 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's hardly petty to want to be able to go for a walk along a public right of way . |
| 12 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 13 | I was caused to go for a walk to get some fresh m-m-m-m-m-m — |
| 14 | " I 'd like to go for a walk in that park over there , " she said quietly . |
| 15 | The truly empathetic New Man positions himself by the head of his partner 's bed , knows when to go for a walk in the park and , reverting to a traditional male role , protects the woman from unwanted intruders . |
| 16 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 17 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 18 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
| 19 | She slipped the newspaper cutting into the top drawer of her bedside chest , then took the opportunity to go for a walk by herself , without Josh . |
| 20 | ‘ Would you like to go for a walk ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It would be nice to go for a walk , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ Is it OK — to go for a walk ? ’ |
| 23 | The only thing to do was to go for a walk . |
| 24 | In the 1950s two social investigators reported the reluctance of a working class informant to go for a walk with his family on a middle class housing estate because ‘ they look at you and say , Oh look at all those children ! ’ |
| 25 | Who invited Doctor Jekyll to go for a walk ? |
| 26 | Yet that person with AD may be ‘ positioned ’ differently , both by themselves and others , if they avoid the games because they perceive them as a mindless waste of time and prefer to go for a walk instead . |
| 27 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 28 | I was more concerned with persuading Agnes to go for a walk in the tree-lined garden , and foolishly dismissed the Ralembergs ' unease . |
| 29 | Rosie gave him an affectionate kiss , and Shelley decided that she needed to go for a walk around the hospital , to leave the two together for a while . |
| 30 | Teesside Crown Court was told Ninham had offered to give the boys money for fireworks and encouraged them to go for a walk with him and his dog . |