Below you will find example sentences with "mile away". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Mile Away in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: mile
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.2 words

Words in this phrase

mile away

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • mile can mean: The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, d... Frequent word
  • away can mean: From a place, hence. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a half mile away 1× a mile away the 11 1× almost a mile away 1× coming a mile away 1× from a mile away 1× from a mile away it s 1× from a mile away so imagine 1× from a mile away when he 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a mile away 1× a new church 1× another erected in 1× anyone with a 1× arsene wenger spotted 1× busi jacobsohn s 1×

Common sentence endings:

a mile away 6× chest and neck 1× from his house 1× from the area 1× half mile away 1× it finally comes 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

half 6× church 3× less 3× par 2× man 2× bottom 2× farage 2× giving 2× near 2× spotted 2× area 2× year 2×

Related phrases

mile marker walked away drove away further away stay away miles away ran away half mile passed away feet away

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around mile:

mile marker 20× half mile 11× per mile 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

mike pompeo mike pence migratory birds midtown manhattan midlands ambulance middle tennessee

Just after it in the phrase index:

mile marker miles away miles north miles per miles southwest miles square

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

mile marker

Same ending:

walked away drove away further away stay away miles away ran away

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "mile away" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a half mile away, a mile away the 11, half, church and less stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with mile marker, walked away, drove away, mile marker, half mile and per mile, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with mile away

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Guatapé is two hours east of Medellín, with vibrant views you can spot from a mile away. (17 words)

It’s visible from up to ¼ mile away, it’s battery rechargeable, and it’s waterproof. (17 words)

Another erected in Par indicates that Par Beach is half a mile away with Charlestown also half a mile away. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Photos showed Farage giving a talk to a crowd near a milkshake shop moments beforehand; a video of the incident also documents Farage say “a complete failure”, “could’ve spotted that a mile away” as he’s being led away from the area. (43 words)

He was knocked unconscious by a piece of furniture as he was pulled into the twister so he doesn’t remember the ride – only that he woke up in a grassy field about a quarter of a mile away from his house. (42 words)

Sarah Everard was abducted less than a mile away from my house and while her kidnap and murder sparked outrage at the time, the bottom line is that almost two years on, women are still as vulnerable in the UK. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Another erected in Par indicates that Par Beach is half a mile away with Charlestown also half a mile away.

There is a 39 mile Coastal Path that circles the entire island and it is never more than ¼ mile away from the bus route, so you can start and end wherever you want.

The man’s body was found at the bottom of the cliffs by the coastguard along with the bodies of another man and a woman between half a mile to a mile away.

Photos showed Farage giving a talk to a crowd near a milkshake shop moments beforehand; a video of the incident also documents Farage say “a complete failure”, “could’ve spotted that a mile away” as he’s being led away from the area.

A mile away, the 11-year-old Kimball was standing underneath a pine tree at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Pine Drive with Louie Hartley.

A new church was built in 2001 in the township of London Grove, a mile away from the original church.

Anyone with a map and some familiarity with how The Birdie thinks could have seen that one coming a mile away.

Arsene Wenger spotted one Arsenal target's talent from a mile away when he was still in charge of the Gunners.

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Busi Jacobsohn’s bottles look high-luxe from a mile away, so imagine my delight when the wine proved just as magnificent, think notes of raspberries and rose water for this sparkling rosé.

Guatapé is two hours east of Medellín, with vibrant views you can spot from a mile away.

He is then accused of going to Tees Street, half a mile away, where he allegedly fatally stabbed Mr Carney in the chest and neck.

He was knocked unconscious by a piece of furniture as he was pulled into the twister so he doesn’t remember the ride – only that he woke up in a grassy field about a quarter of a mile away from his house.

If there's one thing I can sniff out a mile away, it's a bad property valuation – and this has to be one of the worst.

It’s not an unusual scenario: A Bangor resident is giving directions to someone less familiar with the city, and suddenly is explaining that Hammond Street ends in one spot, then begins again almost a mile away.

It’s visible from up to ¼ mile away, it’s battery rechargeable, and it’s waterproof.

My mother had moved back across the country to Vermont to be near her 90-year-old mother a half mile away.

Sarah Everard was abducted less than a mile away from my house and while her kidnap and murder sparked outrage at the time, the bottom line is that almost two years on, women are still as vulnerable in the UK.

The dad-of-one said that when their nearby sports grounds have matches, parking spots get 'absolutely rammed', which sometimes forces him to park a quarter of a mile away.

The Most Dangerous Game is unrestrained and bold, and while its twist is apparent from a mile away, it's no less satisfying when it finally comes.

The pretty village of Bolam, just half a mile away, has been designated a Conservation Area and has a church and a pub well known for its Sunday lunches.

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