Example sentences of "a few miles south [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you visit the ancient university town of Cambridge and enjoy the historic college buildings along the River Cam , you should not fail to travel a few miles south to Audley End House in neighbouring Essex . |
| 2 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |
| 3 | A few miles south of Meikleour , can be found the point at which the River Isla adds its weight . |
| 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 | When south of the Mandovi , I stayed in the simpler Prainha Cottages , just a few miles south of Panjim ( Prainha , Dona Paula , tel : 8325917 ) . |
| 7 | A few miles south of Cambridge , and just as accessible from London , is Audley End House which is well worth a detour . |
| 8 | Listening to the autumn wind moaning across this corner of the sparse Northumberland coastline a few miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed , where Nora Simpson had lived for all of her married life , their memories of her were vivid . |
| 9 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |
| 10 | A few miles south from Bettyhill , named after the infamous Countess Duchess of Sutherland , is another notable Strathnaver memorial . |