Example sentences of "to walk the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sore from the long ride and , as he tried to walk the stiffness out of his legs , pacing in limited circles under the eyes of his guards , he saw that the man on the cart tail was watching intently . |
| 2 | After the company had declared a loss of £96,678 for the year ending June 1937 , Dean was , in his own words , ‘ asked to walk the plank ’ . |
| 3 | Whoever was the ‘ brains ’ behind CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS : THE DISCOVERY ( Cert 15 ; General ) should be made to walk the plank . |
| 4 | We are to walk the quarter of a mile to the Commons and then back again for some ‘ final remarks ’ . |
| 5 | Shelley made up her mind , and set off to walk the quarter of a mile . |
| 6 | Three minutes later , Payton put a precise pass through the home defence , and John Hendrie accelerated away to walk the ball past Welch for his fifth goal this season . |
| 7 | ‘ The Chancellor has tried to walk the knife edge . |
| 8 | It is a harsh punishment to have to walk the glider all the way back , particularly after a cable break where the glider lands in the middle of the airfield . |
| 9 | He wanted to walk the rest of the way . |
| 10 | He managed to detain her long enough for them to tether the horses , because there would be no sense in coming out of the Workshops ( with , or without the prisoner ) and finding that the horses had turned their heads for Tara and that they had to walk the rest of the way to the Fire Court . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll have to walk the rest . ’ |
| 12 | After we 'd satisfied ourselves that there was sufficient prey I went off to walk the terrain . |
| 13 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 14 | One big mistake I made , being used to handling Dawn , was trying to walk the hawk all the way back to its perch . |
| 15 | He was cold to the bone , and with the first faint grey of pre-dawn he got up and began to walk the passageway , stamping his chilled feet with an infinitely small , puny sound against the flags of the flooring . |
| 16 | In spring or autumn , the moon has sometimes tempted me out to walk the shore , confident of magical encounters . |
| 17 | Two senior Ross-shire men were ordered to walk the boundary , as they knew it , being sternly warned before they set off : ‘ Mind , your feet are on oath . ’ |
| 18 | She rose early , determined to walk the day away , give the woman her space . |
| 19 | Phoebe was surprised ; she had somehow thought that after Rachel 's sterling conduct of the night before , she would now take charge , go on looking after them all , manage everything for them and leave her free to walk the road that she had to walk . |
| 20 | They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time . |
| 21 | He ran the trolley down to the corridor 's end and left it there for someone else to pick up and use , and then he doubled back and started to walk the distance to the locker room . |
| 22 | Jacky first took an interest in golf when he was about six years old : ‘ When I was old enough to be able to walk the mile or so to the course . ’ |
| 23 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 24 | Usually you will be allowed to walk the course the day before . |
| 25 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 26 | He 's sitting in on behalf of MoD the Army and because he 'll have to walk the dog if he gets home early . ’ |
| 27 | the first time you ring , I 'm usually only out long enough to walk the dog and do some shopping |
| 28 | Yeah , that 's what Alan said they were away were n't they , she 'd only gone to walk the dog |
| 29 | To walk the length of a great basilica from porch to apse was to make the journey of salvation and find oneself in ‘ a place of perfection , the heavenly Jerusalem , its walls and buildings made in heaven , transferred to this spot ’ . |
| 30 | Well Taylor might pray that he does not lose Gascoigne through injury again , and to the manager 's credit he is prepared to walk the tightrope with him . |