Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] a mile " in BNC.
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| 1 | An RAF spokesman said : ‘ There were power lines nearby and just half a mile away there was a sheer cliff . |
| 2 | Our accommodation is in holiday apartments set in pleasant grounds about 250 to 400 years inland from the sailing beach , and about half a mile south of the town centre . |
| 3 | The nine , well you go down into and you get a bus go wherever it dropped you and then half a mile , mind you that 's gon na cost you about fifty P |
| 4 | There are still traces of hut circles attributed to an Iron Age occupation and , at the time of the Roman invasion , the local patriots , the Brigantes , established a hill fort to resist the foreign legions ; an ancient rampart wall , built around the perimeter of the summit and almost half a mile in circumference , has survived the centuries although it is now crumbled and has many gaps . |
| 5 | However , the ruins of the old city are clearly visible , stretching along the coast and over half a mile inland . |
| 6 | But only half a mile away you 'll be in force 5 to 7 and choppy water , excellent if you 're a fit expert . |
| 7 | The mouth of the river seemed ten times its normal width , while about half a mile out to sea hundreds of trees stood upright , supported by their enormous roots , just as they had been carried down in the flood . |