Example sentences of "a long walk [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything .
2 A long walk through the remote area of Assynt
3 They looked as if they had been dressed in a hurry and not very suitably for a long walk on the headland , even in a warm autumn .
4 This lovely Victorian house is quite blissfully situated amongst a cluster of houses , in the village of Alnmouth , right on the banks of the river estuary , with only a small garden and a ‘ no through ’ road between it and the beach — it is brilliant for tumbling out of bed and enjoying a long walk on almost deserted sands .
5 I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor .
6 However , after an uncomfortable night with hardly any sleep , a rudimentary wash at the station , an hour 's work , a long train journey , a long walk to a day centre for a shower , and then with another long walk ahead of me , the return train journey , a further hour 's hard work and another uncomfortable night , day in , day out — I 'm a sprightly so-and-so but something else on top of all that did seem like perhaps too much of a good thing .
7 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 .
8 It 's a long walk to Meall Corranaich and just before the top , the ridge splits away to the west which causes some confusion in poor visibility .
9 It was a long walk to the chair in front of the desk .
10 Then a long walk to the little room .
11 Mr Heathcliff will have a long walk to wherever he 's staying tonight , and I 'm thirsty . ’
12 It was quite a long walk to the stables , which were at the back of the house .
13 It would have been a long walk to here , and no doubt some other person would have been offering a dubious lift by the time she arrived .
14 They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone .
15 They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late .
16 After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her .
17 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 .
18 He had a long walk before him .
19 Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter .
20 After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park .
21 Along the way came the rescue of the magazine , History Today , a long walk in the Himalayas collecting more than 2,000 seeds , and making his family self-sufficient in milk , eggs and vegetables on a London plot .
22 I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ?
23 If a gloomy mood descended on him , he could shake it off by taking a long walk in the direction of the most barren stretch of beach , out over the dunes .
24 Going for a long walk in the country on a Sunday afternoon when you 've got a lot of marking still to do , or having an affair with a colleague — they could go either way .
25 His brothers aged 8 and 10 , whose school was a long walk in the opposite direction , had to be relied on to take this responsibility when their father could not .
26 Next day I took him outside for a long walk in the fresh air .
27 She wore a light silk dress and thin shoes , which did not seem at all suitable for a long walk in the snow .
28 It was a long walk from the lock , but Harry had made her a box on wheels in which to push the two little girls , Corrie Palmer and her last child , Lily , who was seven months younger .
29 It 's a long walk from Otters ' Bay in the bad weather .
30 The middle school which both her older boys attended was a long walk from her home and made little or no attempt to involve parents .
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