Example sentences of "[noun] a mile [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The child 's mother , Alison Margaret Cowley , 34 , of Allerthorpe , North Yorkshire was killed when her car was in collision with a lorry at roadworks a mile west of Bowes , near Barnard Castle on Thursday .
2 I can smell trouble o' that sort a mile orf . ’
3 Hotel : ( For a wider choice head a mile north to Glenridding ) .
4 The traffic that had caused the furrows a mile back could not have come this way .
5 So next time you catch up at the lights with the smug so and so who was stuck to your bumper a mile back , with all the understanding you can muster just remind him that : ‘ There , there dear , size is n't everything you know . ’
6 The hired minibus , which was carrying a group of Newcastle United fans , collided with a Vauxhall Cavalier a mile west of Bowes at 8.10am on a section being converted to dual carriageway .
7 The hired minibus , which was carrying a group of Newcastle United fans , collided with a Vauxhall Cavalier a mile west of Bowes at 8.10am on a section being converted to dual carriageway .
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