Example sentences of "[prep] over a mile " in BNC.
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| 1 | After about forty minutes Van Gelder moved up into the bows with a portable six-inch searchlight which , on such a clear night , had an effective range of over a mile . |
| 2 | Often the outfall will be off-site and it may be necessary to provide a storm water sewer of over a mile to achieve an outfall acceptable to the water authority . |
| 3 | They can smell the bombykol released by a single female , at a distance of over a mile . |
| 4 | Most of them are not able to manage the walk of over a mile to the A6 to catch the Lancaster- Preston bus |
| 5 | The walk of over a mile to the nearest bus stop on the A6 can be very off-putting in bad weather . |
| 6 | The coats were ornately if not fabulously stitched with over a mile of gold thread . |
| 7 | Railway No. 3 was to run for over a mile across the open space known as Mitcham Common and was intended as a link between Mitcham and Croydon , with little expectation of intermediate traffic . |
| 8 | for over a mile , dropping like two cut flowers |
| 9 | At the first bump the strap sprang off and the bike fell onto the road , but as the front wheel was still tied on , the bike was dragged behind for over a mile , until vehicles hooting from behind warned me something was amiss . |
| 10 | The ‘ wanted to sell ’ ads stretched for pages , and one main street consisted of wall-to-wall car lots for over a mile on both sides ! |
| 11 | Duke reckoned it at a mile and three-quarters ; the most conservative estimates put it at over a mile . |