Example sentences of "a [adj] miles [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A few miles of convent floor to polish , a few million sheets to hem . |
| 2 | ‘ Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ’ is a poem in Wordsworth 's loftiest philosophical manner , and a triumphant affirmation of God 's creative and restorative power at work in nature . |
| 3 | A brief excursion in July 1798 provided Wordsworth with an opportunity to summarize these new ideas in Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey , on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour , July 13th 1798 . |
| 4 | They 'll produce design drawings and thirty percent estimates er one and a half miles of train line . |
| 5 | Wilf Orton , prosecuting , said Hooker , driving at up to 50 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour limit , had been trying to over-take four slower moving vehicles when he hit the other car side on . |
| 6 | Today , the active ingredients of leaves , roots , gums , seeds , etc from many countries are extracted , purified and supplied to the pharmaceutical industry throughout the world by a factory not a million miles from Murrayfield rugby ground in Edinburgh . |
| 7 | We hit about a hundred miles per hour minimum within seconds and hold it . |