Example sentences of "[verb] within [art] few miles [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty . |
| 2 | It is worth remembering that most accidents happen within a few miles of home . |
| 3 | Easily Accessible : There is a large number of footpaths and bridleways in the area , and two long-distance paths , the Oxford Way and the Cotswold Way , pass within a few miles of the hotel . |
| 4 | Moreover , movement into the village was predominantly of people born within a few miles of its borders . |
| 5 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 6 | Room temperature fusion has been discovered independently and simultaneously by two groups in Utah working within a few miles of each other . |