Example sentences of "[adj] minute ' drive " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 2 | They love walking the dogs on Bude beach , 30 minutes ' drive away . |
| 3 | The landlord , a fund of local knowledge , recommended a visit to Captain Cook 's house in the village of Staithes and a trip to the North York Moors steam railway — both a few minutes ' drive away . |
| 4 | A few minutes ' drive from the NEC , M42 , M6 and Birmingham International Airport . |
| 5 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 6 | The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city . |
| 7 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 8 | Local shopping and other amenities are close at hand and the sea is only a few minutes ' drive away , when the tide is in . |
| 9 | The house was only a few minutes ' drive away from the river . |
| 10 | Another is at Lavenham , 10 minutes ' drive up the road . |
| 11 | The Sandyport project is situated on New Providence , not far from Nassau and only 10 minutes ' drive from the international airport . |
| 12 | No complaints here : the TV and shower were both in good working order ; and what an attractive , peaceful place to stay — only 45 minutes ' drive from Dieppe , and handy for visits to Rouen or Le Havre . |
| 13 | Witnesses have put the women at the Churchill Clinic , in Lambeth , south London , at that time — at least 11 minutes ' drive from Alison 's Wandsworth flat . |
| 14 | Blakey Ridge and Hutton-le-Hole with the outdoor Ryedale Folk Museum are at the heart of the moor , and only thirty-five minutes ' drive from the farm . |
| 15 | Mrs Zamzam 's land should have been only 25 minutes ' drive across the international frontier . |
| 16 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
| 17 | The Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park , consisting of 1000 acres of land given over to ( amongst other things ) a working dairy farm , wildlife , a pets ' corner and an aviary for tropical birds , is only ten minutes ' drive away . |
| 18 | Zimbala 's main prison , La Tambier , was less than ten minutes ' drive from the centre of Habane . |
| 19 | All but four of the sports venues — boxing and volleyball in Liverpool , yachting in Pwllheli and shooting near Chester — would be less than 20 minutes ' drive from the village . |