Example sentences of "a [adj] miles [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |
| 2 | It was good advice , as she discovered just a few miles out of town when , as he 'd predicted , she found herself in a very different environment . |
| 3 | Inadvertently reflecting some of the new-found ‘ posse ’ mentality , EV 's three writers sing their own songs , diffusing still further the four-square thrust of conventional rock with chiming , circular guitar runs ( a million miles away from indie 's dull scrubbing ) and rueful bass hums . |
| 4 | Israeli wines , apart from the expensive Golan Heights wines , have generally been pretty poor — thick , sweetish , over-ripe and a million miles away from thirst-quenching . |
| 5 | But er what we say is that we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles away from home |
| 6 | All assignments up to a hundred miles away from home you will be paid thirty percent . |
| 7 | know for all assignments up to a hundred miles away from home . |
| 8 | well erm we we pay thirty percent commission up to a hundred miles away from home . |
| 9 | We pay thirty five percent if it 's more than a hundred miles away from home . |