Meanings of ran some distance in English

The young men had now ran some distance, when they looked back.

The boy left the house crying & ran some distance.

The 32-year-old woman escaped uninjured and ran some distance through bush to contact police.

He ran some distance, and even ascended a considerable hill, before he lay down and died.

The elephant on which Charlie had ridden ran some distance, before the mahout could stop him.

He opened up the engine and the hydroplane ran some distance from the position of the men below.

Here there were numerous bushes and trees and the road turned and ran some distance along the bank.

Toward one end the island was split in two, and an indentation ran some distance up into it.

We ran some distance along the coast, having a view of the Hills of Arran, and reached Ayr about nine o'clock.

On the south a creek ran some distance into the shore, and on this side it looked as though the ocean closed the view.

It was formerly a religious house of the highest order, largely and richly endowed, whose broad acres ran some distance into "Merrie Sherwood" itself.