Example sentences of "mile and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the nineteenth century the various companies amalgamated and gradually merged their quarries into this one colossal pit , which has a circumference of about a mile and a depth of four hundred feet . |
| 2 | On the little canal linking Tavistock with the navigable Tamar in Devon , the Morwell Down tunnel ( 1804–17 ) was a mile and a halflong and emerged at its western end nearly 240 feet above the river meadows . |
| 3 | In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior . |
| 4 | In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior . |
| 5 | However , after a discussion with Pat Eddery , it was felt that Ile De Nisky had not truly stayed the mile and a half , hence the revised programme . |
| 6 | From the dairy yard where Friesian cows wait to be milked , fields stretch a mile and a half to a distant hill . |
| 7 | Suitably inspired by such a religious and historic atmosphere we rambled down the lane for a mile and a half towards Whitesand . |
| 8 | But he was only a mile and a half from Little Knoll . |
| 9 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 10 | Although he had won the Derby , plenty of people were still convinced that he did not truly stay a mile and a half and that Piggott 's sensitive handling of him at Epsom , producing him at the very last moment , had masked this lack of stamina . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ If he learns to relax , he will get a mile and a half . ’ |
| 12 | They had been perhaps a mile and a half off the river mouth when the hurricane hit . |
| 13 | This climbs steadily in surroundings that become quite austere , reaching more open country after a mile and a half between walls and fences . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Since I know from experience that a post is visible from a mile and a half , it should appear in the distance at 61 minutes past eleven . ’ |
| 16 | About a mile and a half from your house . ’ |
| 17 | The best site is about a mile and a half north-west of Coniston village in the upper valley of Church Beck , where there is a Youth Hostel , but many other disused sites are scattered about . |
| 18 | The large weatherboarded mill on the River Stour a mile and a half to the south-east of the village is Flatford Mill , the former home of John Constable , whose father was a prosperous miller . |
| 19 | A mile and a half to the south of the town , on the west bank of the River Kent at Helsington , are two rubble-stone mills with workers ' cottages . |
| 20 | ‘ … at Low Wood , a mile and a half from Ambleside on the Kendal road , there is a pleasant and commodious inn , having post-chaise and good horses . ’ |
| 21 | He found the Lorrimores ' car about a mile and a half out of Cartier . |
| 22 | It was described by Bishop Pontoppidan in the eighteenth century as being over a mile and a half in circumference ; he also said the sea all around it was darkened by the jets of ink it spat out . |
| 23 | The bill includes converting the Meadowbank sports stadium , a mile and a half from the palace , into a media centre at a cost of £1 million . |
| 24 | Group 1 was to land at Hollevik on the island 's south shore , to clear a known defence point and villages a mile to a mile and a half from the town of South Vaagsö , and then move in support of Group 2 , which was to land just south of the town and capture it . |
| 25 | Once cast off from the submarine they began the steady rhythm of paddling that took them along their course with a mile and a half to the beach , their sweat-raising stroke giving 3 knots — equal to a steady walking pace . |
| 26 | They had a mile and a half to go to Kalemouth , and owing to the broken and wooded nature of the country , only occasionally did they glimpse the enemy ahead , Ramsay deliberately holding his men in . |
| 27 | A nome , trying hard , could probably cover a mile and a half in an hour over open ground . |
| 28 | From the car park it goes east for around a mile and a half before going south-west to the Water of Trool . |
| 29 | ‘ This angle of descent — they should land — rather , hit the sea — a mile , mile and a half ahead . |
| 30 | Public transport : postbus from Cockley Beck Farm ( NY 246 014 ) to Broughton in Furness ( SD 212 875 ) , a mile and a half north of Foxfield Railway Station . |