Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | After running the engine for a few miles , the gauge is up to the red . |
| 2 | The next day I decided to walk through the forest for a few miles and take the train to Strelsau from a little station along the road . |
| 3 | From Glen Spean in the north , however , the full range is splendidly in view , the distance of a few miles revealing the individual summits in true perspective . |
| 4 | As the saying goes , the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step , so by now you should be thinking of putting all your good intentions into practice and getting out to walk . |
| 5 | But most of England is a thousand years old , and in the walk of a few miles one would touch nearly every century in that long stretch of time . |
| 6 | Closely similar creatures called sea pens grow in the sea within a hundred miles of the Flinders Ranges . |
| 7 | His work was paralleled by that of William Greenwell [ q.v. ] , but whereas Greenwell extended his researches over all the northern English counties and Gloucestershire , Mortimer confined his activities to the region within a few miles of his base at Driffield . |