Example sentences of "[conj] so from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
2 | If Glynn had wanted a cover for visits to his woman friend , his charitable trips to St Ives served him well ; New Mill involved only a detour of a mile or so from the direct route . |
3 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
4 | Kirby Underdale is a pretty little village , lying in a fold of the Yorkshire Wolds , a mile or so from the busy road between Stamford Bridge and Fridaythorpe . |
5 | These other departments are situated on two sites which are each a mile or so from the Main Library , and about two miles from each other . |
6 | It virtually excluded from the student 's experience ( and so from the likely experience of that student 's future pupils ) any serious engagement with the imaginative and creative uses of the mother tongue . |