Example sentences of "for a mile [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suitably inspired by such a religious and historic atmosphere we rambled down the lane for a mile and a half towards Whitesand . |
| 2 | From Dent , the street opposite the Sedgwick memorial is taken ; this soon becomes a country lane followed for a mile and a half to Deepdale Methodist Chapel , ignoring a signposted branch to Ingleton after a mile . |
| 3 | ‘ An officer signalled for her to stop but she carried on for a mile and mounted the kerb on one occasion , ’ Tony Malyon , prosecuting , told Pontypool magistrates . |
| 4 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 5 | Beyond , towards open country , the pavements widened for a mile and blackthorn hedges , brambles , old man 's beard and nettles concealed little strips of garden , ribbons of green , bordered by hydrangeas , leading to fanciful pavillons . |
| 6 | An inquiry is underway into how a tube train with passengers on board took off without a driver and travelled for a mile and through a station before being halted by an automatic signal . |
| 7 | For a mile or two nothing more was said . |
| 8 | This means retracing my steps for a mile or so , but the country is wild and beautiful , full of new things to see . |
| 9 | We walked for a mile or so , easily outpacing the vehicle which was soon just a pair of yellow lights back down the valley . |
| 10 | For example , you could jog or walk briskly for a mile or two for one exercise session ; use an exercise tape for another session ; and participate in something different like weight-training , or cycling , or a ball or racket game , for a third session in the week . |
| 11 | This was the last mill on the River Chelt which , its work now complete , passes through empty meadows for a mile or so until its eventual outfall into the Severn . |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't usually get hacked out because he 's dreadful ; he runs away , and ‘ passages ’ for a mile or so . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're very q-quiet , ’ Mossop said , after they had driven in silence for a mile or so . |
| 14 | I giant-stepped for a mile or two until I came upon a picture that is for ever engraved on the goggles of my mind . |