Example sentences of "days ' journey " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smuggled letters take three days ' journey to Rabat from the prison : some never arrive . |
| 2 | Three days ' journey on into the desert are hurried over in a verse , and then the people run out of water . |
| 3 | Mam chose instead to take us to a different hill station every year so that we travelled the length and breadth of India , from Kashmir in the far north-west , four days ' journey by train and road , to the Nilgiri near Simla , and Darjeeling . |
| 4 | ‘ Three days ' journey , four ? ’ |
| 5 | The parish covers a huge area with some communities two or three days ' journey away and seeing a priest only three or four times a year . |
| 6 | There was logic in this distinction ; for if the duties of a vassal were such as Fulbert defined them , then in fulfilling them the fidelis whose estates were close to those of his lord would have to make many sacrifices , while for one who lived several days ' journey away , not making a nuisance of himself would be a relatively painless matter . |
| 7 | It 's two days ' journey to London by horse , and Will talked all the way . |
| 8 | With that he spurred his horse , and rode away across the marshes to his castle , three long days ' journey distant . |
| 9 | He thought it would certainly be a couple of days ' journey to the Fire Court — the giants would be sure to know , he said , because they had already sent emissaries with the marriage proposal . |
| 10 | It states that Aksum was eight days ' journey inland from Adulis , a port on the Red Sea established by Greek traders sent by the Ptolemys to bring back elephants to be trained for war . |