Example sentences of "[adv] miles [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So miles per hour per second , or you could measure it per hour if you wanted . |
| 2 | ‘ When you consider the players on the pitch today and their ability , he was just miles in front , ’ said the manager . |
| 3 | I was always miles off course , |
| 4 | Children came to laugh at the animals as they rocked autistically or broke into tantrums ; creatures accustomed to marking out miles of territory in a single day were now constrained to prowl and circle in a few narrow yards . |
| 5 | Modern compact cameras are ideal for this work because if you are scouting out miles of water the last thing you want is ten tons of equipment dangling round your neck . |
| 6 | Computer printers everywhere are turning out miles of paper , but until recently the right quality of environment-friendly could n't be made . |
| 7 | With a top speed of 8. knots ( around miles per hour to land lubbers ) , the wooden boat was built to withstand just about every weather condition at sea . |
| 8 | It is difficult to imagine a world in which the status of your car — and yourself , by implication — centres around miles per gallon , but making economy desirable and fashionable seems to be the way to change the habits of private car owners . |
| 9 | When we were flying over Holland I did steel myself to look out and I remember seeing where miles of land had been submerged under sea water to keep the Germans out , and houses , trees and roads were still under water . |
| 10 | An eagle planed over miles of country without a single flapping of its wings , curving and rising on the air currents generated by the warmed mass of Schiehallion . |
| 11 | who liked gazing out over miles of history , |
| 12 | On wheels that clatter over miles of steel |
| 13 | The bed faced the window that looked out over miles of countryside and it seemed that everything in the room was white , from the white , frilled curtains to the dainty white duvet cover and pillow case all edged with broderie anglaise . |
| 14 | Fill it up with diesel , and it should reward you with a return of comfortably over miles per gallon on average . |
| 15 | Right miles per hour . |
| 16 | So on Saturday , Party Politics , dwarfing his 39 opponents , set off in new colours with new jockey Carl Llewellyn to see how many strides it would take him to cover the most famous four and a half miles in sport . |
| 17 | It 's two and a half miles from door to door and there are buses later on , but if she 's on the late shift and just misses one , Joelle is faced with another long walk if her mother ca n't pick her up by car . |