Example sentences of "for a mile or " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 For a mile or two nothing more was said .
2 This means retracing my steps for a mile or so , but the country is wild and beautiful , full of new things to see .
3 We walked for a mile or so , easily outpacing the vehicle which was soon just a pair of yellow lights back down the valley .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ‘ He does n't usually get hacked out because he 's dreadful ; he runs away , and ‘ passages ’ for a mile or so .
7 ‘ You 're very q-quiet , ’ Mossop said , after they had driven in silence for a mile or so .
8 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 .
  Next page