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Meanings of miles away in English

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Usage of miles away in English
1
He said: We are not a million miles away from that situation.
The Irish Times
2
It's miles and miles away; down steep hills and across the ford.
A Missionary Twig
3
Page 238: miles away an the changed to miles away on the
Chatterbox, 1905.
4
It was the coming down of the river in flood, miles away.
The Rising of the Red Man / A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellio...
5
They plan to relocate to their parents' house about 12 miles away.
Reuters
6
The house looked miles away; far over it three ducks flew southward.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
7
She works in the Red Cross Hospital at Tadminster, seven miles away.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
8
Six miles away was the atmosphere plant, gleaming in the newly-risen sun.
The Runaway Asteroid
9
Dar was buried just under 100 miles away from his family home.
The Guardian
10
Why, the bank is miles away, and the crocodiles are in between.
In Search of the Okapi / A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
11
The birds were hundreds of miles away in their sunny southland haunts.
Their Yesterdays
12
See, under the red wall; see the dust, not ten miles away.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
13
The enemy is in our front only three or four miles away.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
14
The blaze could be seen clearly in towns over five miles away.
Ghosts
15
Saw the light and heard the roaring of de guns miles away.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
16
It was the sound of the guns of Lucknow, sixteen miles away.
The Red Book of Heroes
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Miles away across language varieties
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