Example sentences of "a few miles [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A few miles of convent floor to polish , a few million sheets to hem .
2 It is worth remembering that most accidents happen within a few miles of home .
3 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 .
4 From the Garrimpos Just a few miles down stream , the silvery waters of the Cristolino flow into the Tellisperos river , and vanish , stained by it 's burden of silt .
5 Skipper Mike Harris managed to locate feeding fish on the shallow reefs just a few miles from shore where John Smith , Bryce Smith and Jamie Smith from Meols , and Liverpool tackle dealer Alan Sharpe , included 50 tasty black bream in their haul .
6 SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation .
7 And there , for the time being , let us leave Vic Wilcox , while we travel back an hour or two in time , a few miles in space , to meet a very different character .
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