Example sentences of "a [det] mile " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Little Avon was used to feed the millpond via a half mile long leat , the mill powered by five large internal wheels , producing between them over 40 hp . |
| 2 | ‘ In my lunch hour I run a three and a half mile circuit of the village where I work . |
| 3 | passengers are now taken on a picturesque two and a half mile long trip to Holywell Halt and beyond . |
| 4 | It was well over a half mile long , consisting of 2 military bands ; more than 100 mounted men ; well over 100 armed retainers on foot ; 50 Irvine archers in Lincoln green outfits ; the Duke of Atholl with a company of his Atholl Highlanders ; several open carriages ; trumpeters ; a jester on a mule ; Lord Eglinton as Lord of the Tournament ; Lady Jane Seymour as the Queen of Beauty ; and the 13 competing knights . |
| 5 | The one and a half mile John Sturgeon Selling Plate , the second to last race of the evening , was hardly the stuff of headlines . |
| 6 | Seven and a half mile route . |
| 7 | From High Spy there is a short descent to Dale Head Tarn ( 0.75 mile south ) followed by a half mile ascent to the top of Dale Head . |
| 8 | There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing . |
| 9 | The Silurian Way is a nine and a half mile route which takes you round the central area of the forest reaching its high point at Carron Crag at 1,031ft . |
| 10 | The quiet road on the heath has already been coarsely widened on both sides to form a half mile long car park with Pay and Display ticket machines . |
| 11 | In only its third year of operating the three and a half mile branch between Bodmin General and Bodmin Parkway , the B & W has established itself as a major leisure attraction and is building a reputation as one of the more progressive preserved railways in the country . |
| 12 | The three and a half mile line running between Hammersmith and Riddings Junction with intermediate stations at Butterley and Swanwick Junction was originally opened in 1875 and acquired by the Midland at a later date . |
| 13 | Piloted by BC 's own GEC Stephenson diesel shunter , the 1950's built tank heaved 16 wagon-long loaded trains down their three and a half mile long mineral line under the M6 Motorway to exchange sidings with British Rail . |
| 14 | " They have spotted a group of seladang cows and calves grazing a half mile away , " said Devraux when they had finished . |
| 15 | . But on a Saturday I had another paper round , from the same people , which involved travelling from to the Sanatorium on Road which is probably two and a half mile , with a cycle , advertising Smiths with the carriers on . |
| 16 | And er we had to walk to Long Eaton three times and week , which would be , from here , would be two and a half mile away , and then we 'd we er on the Friday It was Mondays , Wednesdays and and Fridays , and we got paid on the Friday . |
| 17 | 3 Walk part of the Pennine Way on a eight and a half mile circular walk , north of Calder . |
| 18 | It 's only his third run and he 's he 's in the most competitive two and a half mile chase in the year . |
| 19 | Oxford , as unfamiliar with failure as Cambridge are to success , left it to president Pinsent to face the instant inquests following the four and a half mile slog from Putney to Mortlake . |
| 20 | The time taken by the cyclist for the six and a half mile journey from Currie to the City Chambers was thirty minutes , making an average speed of 13 mph . |
| 21 | They each completed a six and a half mile circuit — in aid of Centrepoint , the charity which helps London 's homeless . |
| 22 | A half mile section reclaimed by volunteers will then be flooded and opened to pleasure craft . |
| 23 | Honda pilot all terrain vehicles hurtle along a half mile track around the field . |
| 24 | For nearly 3 years they 've made the 2 and a half mile trip from their temporary classrooms back to their homes . |
| 25 | Ammunition exploded , bullets began to fly , John Burn was incredibly lucky to escape serious injury , a mile and a half mile away in Crook an excited Lance Henderson was dashing to his bike to see for himself . |