Example sentences of "and a [adv] [noun pl] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Start from the layby next to the Dundonnell River which is two and a half miles south of Dundonnell on the A832 .
2 Paull is a small village lying beside the river Humber some seven miles from Hull and three and a half miles south-west of Hedon .
3 The village of Tickton in East Yorkshire is situated on the Beverley to Bridlington road about two and a half miles north-east of Beverley and separated from it by the river Hull .
4 It was converted from a nobleman 's residence situated about two and a half miles north-east of San Gimignano on the way to Certaldo , is surrounded by its own gardens and is tastefully appointed in every aspect .
5 Two and a half miles north-west of the town centre by the River Meon is the site of the Funtley Iron Mill , an eighteenth-century forge where Henry Cort , whose house remains nearby , developed in 1784 the ‘ dry puddling ’ process for producing wrought iron on a large scale .
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