Example sentences of "[prep] [art] miles " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |
| 2 | The nine floors below the level of the Bridge are mainly used for the miles of shelving for ‘ stacking ’ the books . |
| 3 | What is nice about the AX diesel is that you can smile smugly about the miles you are effortlessly squeezing from every gallon , in the knowledge you have sacrificed little along the way . |
| 4 | " Think of the miles of danger . |
| 5 | Immeasurably distant on the horizon stood a pair of rugby posts , so high that they were clearly visible despite the miles that seemed to separate them from him . |
| 6 | So I flipped some cattle from the farm of and right between Egilsay and Rousay just a short distance , oh maybe a quarter of a miles or thereby , and oh did the shipping perfectly well and and went home and by the time I got home the message had arrived back before me that the there were two old cattle among the younger ones that the fellow had put there just to feed up and the last we saw of them was going up over the island and that was okay we thought everything was okay . |
| 7 | My journey should also ensure that the Clio clocks up the miles quickly , helping readers to gauge the French supermini 's durability . |
| 8 | He had given up his Saturday job in the supermarket some time back , so today he would just drive and drive , drifting along the miles of highway toward Edmonton . |
| 9 | Man 's place in these photographs is indicated , apart from the miles of clearcut ground , by tiny trucks and a speck-sized helicopter touched dawn in a clearing : Man seems like an adventurer who occurs somewhat late in geophysical history and his influence on the earth 's surface seems incommensurate with either his scale or his significance . |
| 10 | What the Stag has which most modern cars do not is the endearing ability to amble quickly , to lope effortlessly , reeling in the miles without really trying . |
| 11 | Tiki Kyte in the front and Angie Butler at the back are putting in the miles around the country lanes of Oxfordshire . |
| 12 | That is the cost of petrol for a journey will be dependent upon the miles travelled ( the independent variable ) . |
| 13 | The massive stone structure stood out bravely amidst the miles of destruction , and the crew became interested as they had n't seen it in daylight before . |
| 14 | I remember my mother dozing off on one occasion , over the miles of Salisbury Plain , and saying in a sleepy voice to Ann who had perched on her knee , ‘ Ann dear , may I have my leg back ? ’ |
| 15 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 16 | We drove back towards Titchwell Marsh , stopping to look out over the miles of salt marsh on the way . |
| 17 | She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him . |
| 18 | He switched the radio on and they drifted through the night together , flying over the miles to London . |
| 19 | Behind us , loping along like two white wolves , trotted Corin and Alleyn , seemingly oblivious to the miles we covered , padding silently behind our horses without murmur or protest . |
| 20 | On a miles per scream basis , there are lots of competent cars at a fraction of the Bentley 's price that could go that distance before getting too strident , and a Mercedes S-class would still only be whispering the odd complaint after 1200 miles . |
| 21 | His hand pointed away from the ship , across the miles of ice that covered the sea . |
| 22 | Look at the , look at the miles you had to walk at ! |