Example sentences of "couple of mile [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 2 | For a really good view of it you 'll need to go a couple of miles to the north . |
| 3 | Nothing breaches the flatness except some kind of smokestack or cooling tower a couple of miles to the north . |
| 4 | From Fort William drive north for a couple of miles on the A82 to a golf course on the right . |
| 5 | It 's a couple of miles into the forest . ’ |
| 6 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 7 | Er for example , I remember in , a couple of miles down the road , in the er Hall , there was er there was weekly classes on er among other things on Marxian economics , you see . |
| 8 | Then the trouble would disappear and Robyn would heave a sigh of relief and smile at her luck , only to find the same thing happening a couple of miles down the road , and always after she 'd passed a garage or a phone box . |
| 9 | The revenues it generated — well over £2 million — were what enabled him to bid for the factory at Earby , only a couple of miles over the hill from Barnoldswick . |
| 10 | That was at most a couple of miles up the road and no more than a few pence on the bus . |
| 11 | It merely broke his fall and carted him a couple of miles up the road . |
| 12 | A couple of miles up the road , a UDR patrol leaped out of a ditch and stopped us . |
| 13 | Another couple of miles up the valley and we are at Medbourne , the last bastion of the open fields in Leicestershire , enclosed in the year 1842 . |
| 14 | That 's for all the people a couple of miles up the road . |
| 15 | If you are likely to visit the Bridgnorth area it will be well worth your while to see it , but note that it is located a couple of miles outside the town , and a telephone call is necessary to find our when it is open , since Philip 's work involves awkward shifts . |
| 16 | Forewarned , and insisting on something cheaper , I was booked into The Hotel Olympik , a couple of miles from the centre , but still expensive . |
| 17 | I had been given his address by friends in Britain and now took a taxi to his flat , a couple of miles from the hotel but still in the older part of the city of Buda . |
| 18 | In those days it was a picturesque village a couple of miles from the pleasant and compact town . |
| 19 | Once they were a couple of miles from the Manor , where the woods were at their most impenetrable , she reined in Moonbeam and drew to a halt in a little glade . |
| 20 | The Foleys lived in a large Victorian house with a garden in Donnybrook , a couple of miles from the centre of Dublin . |
| 21 | The surrounding countryside is very pretty and there are numerous walks , many of which start a couple of miles from the house . |
| 22 | Easily Accessible : The area affords many beautiful walks : a couple of miles from the hotel is the Severn Valley walk along the track of an old railway from Bridgnorth to Coalport and Ironbridge . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've taken a cottage a couple of miles from the slopes . ’ |
| 24 | There are few people , I 'm very concerned for those people and we will be imposing conditions if members wish to approve it to protect the interests of the few people in close proximity , many of the objectors er they must be heard and their point of view is report in the committee papers but they do live at er a couple of miles from the site . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ When I park my aeroplane it can be a couple of miles from the terminal building so I hop onto the skateboard and whizz off at 20mph . |