Example sentences of "a few miles [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | Large wooded areas are rare in Pembrokeshire due to the strong winds and salt spray , but Cwm Gwaun , a few miles east of Fishguard , is one of the notable exceptions to the rule . |
| 32 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
| 33 | The fire probably started in a rubbish dump , above an old strip mine a few miles east of the town , in May 1962 . |
| 34 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 35 | San Quentin Point is the third part of a trilogy which began with THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE , CALIFORNIA ( 1975 ) — a foundation block of the " New Topographics " — and was followed by PARK CITY , a book of 102 photographs which describe the construction of a ski resort of that name a few miles east of Salt Lake City , Utah ( published 1980 ) . |
| 36 | Howard spent the night of 19th August at Camas Meadows , a few miles south-east of the Nez Perce camp . |
| 37 | He reached Haslemere in early afternoon , hired a taxi and discharged it fifteen minutes later on the other side of the road from the Skein of Geese Hotel and Restaurant a few miles south-east of the town . |
| 38 | A perfect example of a site that was deserted in the middle years of the seventeenth century can be examined on the ground at Great Stretton , a few miles south-east of Leicester . |