Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [art] few miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 2 | At a more modest level , the office of clerk of the works at Middleham was filled by a Westmorland man , Michael Wharton of Kirkby Thore , whose home lay a few miles from Gloucester 's lordship of Penrith . |
| 3 | Wadi Halfa lay a few miles inland . |
| 4 | Iraq 's soldiers retreated a few miles from the town ; its policemen were still there masquerading as traffic cops . |
| 5 | Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett . |
| 6 | I bet some of the crew thought there 'd be wheels right into the Jungle and food trucks parked every few miles and they 'd get burgers and chips served by girls wearing flower garlands round their necks . |
| 7 | Here , a family of three died … last year four people from the same family died a few miles furtehr east . |