Example sentences of "a [adj] mile " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ground sloped away now , and when , after a downhill mile , Sean stopped the carriage , there before them was the Hudson River . |
| 2 | The narrow road to Leck goes between buildings and immediately assumes a rural character , reaching the little community of Leck after a pleasant mile graced by lovely trees . |
| 3 | First came a 7,000 mile , six day round trip from ocean to ocean for Rugby Canada 's two games in Newfoundland ; then back to the west coast with all the healthy B.C. players involved in one or more of the eight games undertaken against Swansea and Northumberland . |
| 4 | And that 's one way by the way not a fifty mile round trip and all we say to everybody whichever company they go into , we say to everybody who sits in your position there |
| 5 | across in swindon yesterday eight hundred of the country 's fittest athletes were competing in one of the summer 's toughest events … the two twenty triathlon … a fifty mile race of endurance |
| 6 | But there 's no hope for a fifty mile an hour limit along the whole road because some sections have already been made dual carriageway . |
| 7 | Or run a bloody mile , more like . |
| 8 | Many years ago one such wager was made in the " Homeward Bound " , when a group of men were drinking together , the wager was made by one that nine in the bar could carry a 56 lb weight on his head for a measured mile and back . |
| 9 | Well Mr , that would apply to er any land lying within a six- mile radius of the city centre . |
| 10 | Queen Street station , a scant mile and a half away , had burgers , sandwiches , shell pies , french fries and french sticks , bridies and pasties and patties . |
| 11 | It 's just a pity that it is a 500 mile round trip to visit her ! — Ed . |
| 12 | Mark Farmer who 's already recorded the fastest lap of just over a 120 miles an hour is teaming up with Robert Dunlop … they ride over six laps … |
| 13 | One Olympic athlete broke a world record only an hour after intercourse and a British athlete ran a four-minute mile just ninety minutes after getting down to it . |
| 14 | Well you see it says a forty mile an hour limit that one . |
| 15 | Well , they broke through on about a forty mile stretch Where they really gained ground is up towards Arras , they made about five miles there , and down around St Quentin . |
| 16 | It is not a forty mile an hour zone , so you 're in the wrong ! |
| 17 | Just a forty mile an hour speed limit . |
| 18 | But Florida has two other prominent international junior training centres — the Rick Macci International Tennis Academy at Grenelefe Resort a few miles from Orlando and Disney World ; and Harry Hopman/Saddlebrook Resort in the town of Wesley Chapel near Tampa . |
| 19 | If Dedham Hall is fully booked — and it may well be — try the best bed-and-breakfast we have ever found , just a few miles away at the Old Vicarage , Higham , near Colchester . |
| 20 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 21 | It costs $15 for adults and $7 for children for the excitement of running not a few miles . |
| 22 | For the next half-hour we watched hundreds of Allied planes bombing the town of Caen a few miles away from our positions . |
| 23 | Seventeenth July — I joined about 20 Commandos from the various units around the village on a trip to a quiet part of the beach a few miles from our front-line positions . |
| 24 | I have a feeling we must be just a few miles from the River Seine . |
| 25 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 26 | A look at the may told me why — we were just a few miles away from Hinkley Point nuclear power station . |
| 27 | Large wooded areas are rare in Pembrokeshire due to the strong winds and salt spray , but Cwm Gwaun , a few miles east of Fishguard , is one of the notable exceptions to the rule . |
| 28 | But a few miles south-west of these peaks are the Low Tatras . |
| 29 | It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant . |
| 30 | At 3500 miles into the Metro 's life , the Rover dealer had to sort out a badly slipping clutch and , a few miles later , replace the brake pads in a effort to cure the soggy feel of the originals . |