Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a few miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 2 | Our cargo of cement was destined for a factory at Tima , a town which lay a few miles back from the riverbank . |
| 3 | Liddy was allowed a week 's holiday to visit her sister , who lived a few miles away . |
| 4 | First , Matthew 's secretary , the girl who works in the office next door , turned up for work as usual this morning ; she lives a few miles out and she knew nothing of what had happened . ’ |
| 5 | You nomes in the Store did n't know about my people , and we lived a few miles away . |
| 6 | Bob , Bob , for a bit and he done a few miles on it and then he sold it to somebody else in the garage . |
| 7 | He camped a few miles outside the town and there remained , determined to outface Ras Tafari , whom he discounted as astute but weak . |
| 8 | He drove a few miles out of the village and then pulled off the road to wait for dusk . |
| 9 | After making unsignalled turns and abrupt lane changes through Chevy Chase , and Bethesda , she blasted to a highly illegal speed south on the Beltway , ducked off it rejoined a few miles along and finally came down to a leisurely cruise through the Virginia countryside . |
| 10 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |