Example sentences of "[prep] the miles of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |
| 2 | The nine floors below the level of the Bridge are mainly used for the miles of shelving for ‘ stacking ’ the books . |
| 3 | " Think of the miles of danger . |
| 4 | He had given up his Saturday job in the supermarket some time back , so today he would just drive and drive , drifting along the miles of highway toward Edmonton . |
| 5 | Man 's place in these photographs is indicated , apart from the miles of clearcut ground , by tiny trucks and a speck-sized helicopter touched dawn in a clearing : Man seems like an adventurer who occurs somewhat late in geophysical history and his influence on the earth 's surface seems incommensurate with either his scale or his significance . |
| 6 | The massive stone structure stood out bravely amidst the miles of destruction , and the crew became interested as they had n't seen it in daylight before . |
| 7 | I remember my mother dozing off on one occasion , over the miles of Salisbury Plain , and saying in a sleepy voice to Ann who had perched on her knee , ‘ Ann dear , may I have my leg back ? ’ |
| 8 | We drove back towards Titchwell Marsh , stopping to look out over the miles of salt marsh on the way . |
| 9 | She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him . |
| 10 | His hand pointed away from the ship , across the miles of ice that covered the sea . |