Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [num] mph " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the thin covering of snow over sheet ice that 's the real killer , and slithering about on that without crampons is like driving at 100 mph on the wrong side of the M8 with your eyes closed . |
| 2 | I am reminded that when I suggested that the £7 billion of expenditure on the European fighter aircraft might be better spent — it seems dodgy anyhow — or used for civilian aircraft , his contribution to planned change was to suggest that nobody wants single-seater civilian aircraft flying at 750 mph . |
| 3 | A car travelling at 100 mph in the outside lane of the M4 motorway west of Swindon towing another car . |
| 4 | It 's travelling at one mph and SHOULD be off the motorway by 7.00 pm tonight , with the road opening an hour later . |
| 5 | If it was travelling at 20 mph and someone else recklessly drove into it , the aggravated offence would have been committed . |
| 6 | If something happened and they tried to stop , they could become a missile travelling at 90 mph ; a big one . |
| 7 | Just as well really ; when they go into the diamond formation , the trade mark of the Red Arrows , their wings are only 10ft apart and they 're travelling at 400 mph . |
| 8 | Modular fuel tanks ( you literally switch tanks by landing , disposing of the empty one and clipping a full one on ) give the CIRV a five-hour maximum endurance and a range up to 250 miles , or fifty miles unrefuelled , cruising at 30–50 mph after a take-off run which can be as short at two metres . |
| 9 | Cruising at 150–185 mph , he expects the circumnavigation to take five and a half days . |
| 10 | Harris , who lives and works on a farm , pleaded guilty to speeding at 62 mph in a 30 mph zone . |
| 11 | Zanadi is recovering after crashing at 170 mph during a practice session before this Sunday 's Belgian Grand Prix . |