Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [det] miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob , Bob , for a bit and he done a few miles on it and then he sold it to somebody else in the garage . |
| 2 | ‘ Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ’ is a poem in Wordsworth 's loftiest philosophical manner , and a triumphant affirmation of God 's creative and restorative power at work in nature . |
| 3 | A brief excursion in July 1798 provided Wordsworth with an opportunity to summarize these new ideas in Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey , on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour , July 13th 1798 . |
| 4 | One was seen a few miles off Newhaven on 21 September 1936 ; one flew east off Langney Point on 15 October 1948 ; One flew east off Langney Point on 19 November 1950 . |
| 5 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 6 | One man 's father told coastguards that normally the group only travelled a few miles along the coast on the speedboat trips . |
| 7 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 8 | I was n't quite so happy after that ; however , we landed safely on a tea estate in Assam , and then were packed into lorries and driven a few miles into Dibrugarh . |
| 9 | It was found a few miles from his car on the seashore near Great Yarmouth . |
| 10 | I have always regretted the fact that the unhappiest part of my life was spent a few miles away from Riggindale , and I never visited it . |
| 11 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 12 | During the previous day a major naval battle had ensued a few miles to the east , and had continued into the night — the ‘ Battle of Matapan ’ ; a resounding defeat for the Italian Fleet . |