Example sentences of "of [art] mile [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Along the edge of the wood a blackbird was doing its job of warning all the wild life for a quarter of a mile around that their common enemy , man , was on the prowl . |
2 | His caravan site is a quarter of a mile up the valley from his house at a place called Miller 's Bottom — here , it 's marked . |
3 | you come to Dagfields Farm about a quarter of a mile up there |
4 | The second balloon was a quarter of a mile off , and by now very close to the ground . |
5 | At the turn for home Baby Turk led from Nemain and Acatenango , but behind them the four runners owned by the Aga Khan — Shardari , Dinistan , Darara and Shahrastani — were making their efforts , and over a quarter of a mile out Shardari hit the front , closely pursued by Shahrastani and Darara . |
6 | Shikampur kept his advantage as Richards roused his mount to full steam , and a quarter of a mile out Pinza swept past and went into a decisive lead . |
7 | The Botallack mine , with its nineteenth-century engine houses spectacularly sited on the cliffs , mined tin from beneath the sea-bed , with galleries going a third of a mile out from the shore , and the Levant mine had men working 2,000 feet below sea level . |
8 | He cruised along contentedly on the bridle until being sent into the lead a quarter of a mile out and then galloped on resolutely to win by one and a half lengths . |
9 | turn right there and go about half half a mile , three quarters of a mile down , you got The Yacht pub |