Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] miles [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hit about a hundred miles per hour minimum within seconds and hold it . |
| 2 | Most of the mileage was on tarmac roads with a few miles cross country and admittedly , I did not have to use low ratio at any time . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll manage twenty-five miles or so by nightfall , and that will bring him to the stream over there called the Carron , with a dozen miles of forest and boggy ground between himself and the main river-crossing . |
| 4 | It is worth remembering that most accidents happen within a few miles of home . |
| 5 | Wilf Orton , prosecuting , said Hooker , driving at up to 50 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour limit , had been trying to over-take four slower moving vehicles when he hit the other car side on . |
| 6 | Sue 's just gone past at a hundred miles per hour . |