Example sentences of "[art] mile and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Bolger is still considering whether to aim his Irish Derby and King George winner at the mile and a quarter contest , but that does not worry Michael Kauntze . |
| 2 | However , after a discussion with Pat Eddery , it was felt that Ile De Nisky had not truly stayed the mile and a half , hence the revised programme . |
| 3 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 4 | However , there had always been a doubt as to whether or not Rodrigo could stay the mile and a half at Epsom . |
| 5 | The good news is that he will not be rushed off to stud afterwards and will campaign for further honours next year when a move up to a mile and a quarter might be considered . |
| 6 | ‘ I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said . |
| 7 | We were nearly a mile and a quarter out , the set was another quarter away from us , and already it was fleecy at the top , throwing up spray a hundred yards in the air . |
| 8 | ‘ Range about a mile and a quarter . ’ |
| 9 | All At Sea reverts to a mile for the first time this season , having finished runner-up on her last three starts , the best of which was her length defeat by Rodrigo de Triano in the Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter . |
| 10 | ‘ Now all she needs is a bit of work over a mile and a quarter on Tuesday and she 'll be ready for Longchamp . |
| 11 | ‘ I would fancy our chances of turning round the Irish Derby form over a mile and a quarter . ’ |
| 12 | That was well it 's was n't quite a mile and a quarter . |
| 13 | The journey door to door is a mile and a quarter . |
| 14 | In the nineteenth century the various companies amalgamated and gradually merged their quarries into this one colossal pit , which has a circumference of about a mile and a depth of four hundred feet . |
| 15 | On the little canal linking Tavistock with the navigable Tamar in Devon , the Morwell Down tunnel ( 1804–17 ) was a mile and a halflong and emerged at its western end nearly 240 feet above the river meadows . |
| 16 | In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior . |
| 17 | In theory , a horse with a rating two points higher than his rivals is considered to be 2lb — the equivalent of a length over a mile and a half - superior . |
| 18 | From the dairy yard where Friesian cows wait to be milked , fields stretch a mile and a half to a distant hill . |
| 19 | Suitably inspired by such a religious and historic atmosphere we rambled down the lane for a mile and a half towards Whitesand . |
| 20 | But he was only a mile and a half from Little Knoll . |
| 21 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 22 | Although he had won the Derby , plenty of people were still convinced that he did not truly stay a mile and a half and that Piggott 's sensitive handling of him at Epsom , producing him at the very last moment , had masked this lack of stamina . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ If he learns to relax , he will get a mile and a half . ’ |
| 24 | They had been perhaps a mile and a half off the river mouth when the hurricane hit . |
| 25 | This climbs steadily in surroundings that become quite austere , reaching more open country after a mile and a half between walls and fences . |
| 26 | From Dent , the street opposite the Sedgwick memorial is taken ; this soon becomes a country lane followed for a mile and a half to Deepdale Methodist Chapel , ignoring a signposted branch to Ingleton after a mile . |
| 27 | Since I know from experience that a post is visible from a mile and a half , it should appear in the distance at 61 minutes past eleven . ’ |
| 28 | About a mile and a half from your house . ’ |
| 29 | The best site is about a mile and a half north-west of Coniston village in the upper valley of Church Beck , where there is a Youth Hostel , but many other disused sites are scattered about . |
| 30 | The large weatherboarded mill on the River Stour a mile and a half to the south-east of the village is Flatford Mill , the former home of John Constable , whose father was a prosperous miller . |