Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] mile [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been going to take a walk around Mariánské Láznë , had n't she , so a three mile walk or so up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's home would n't be so difficult , would it ? |
| 2 | Just a few miles west in the grounds of Nuneham Conference Park stands another folly which has ended up in an unexpected place . |
| 3 | When south of the Mandovi , I stayed in the simpler Prainha Cottages , just a few miles south of Panjim ( Prainha , Dona Paula , tel : 8325917 ) . |
| 4 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 5 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 6 | They were in Carlisle , just a few miles south of the Scottish-English border . |
| 7 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 8 | Indeed , for generations the Royal Family have had their own secluded haven just a few miles downriver . |
| 9 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 10 | ‘ What was once a one mile journey into Garrison for someone living just on the other side of the border became a 26 mile round trip . |
| 11 | I had gone to a town about a hundred miles north of Rangoon and had spent Christmas night in a village seventeen miles away . |