Example sentences of "[det] a mile of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It now houses nearly three million volumes and each year an additional half a mile of shelving is needed . |
| 2 | For the first thousand feet there was nothing ; then a couple of private duels ; then a sprawling mêlée of about twenty aircraft spread over half a mile of sky . |
| 3 | His voice was n't its usual fulsome boom , and probably only carried down half a mile of corridor . |
| 4 | I ran back half a mile of road to get a glimpse of her in the distance , though we had passed her half an hour before , & of course she was out of sight on the Downs . |
| 5 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 6 | It was just about a half a mile of water to cross . |
| 7 | THE PURCHASE OF half a mile of track by Avon Valley Railway members signals the start of the railway 's long awaited southern extension and the hope that passengers will be able to steam towards Bath during the second half of 1993 . |
| 8 | Dafalla woke to find the railway station yard covered with water , and half a mile of track submerged . |
| 9 | The wave basin represents half a mile of coastline and shows which areas are likely to be washed away . |
| 10 | Representing half a mile of coastline , its 72 paddles can produce waves and set up currents and tides for scientists to study . |