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

Miles Away in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: away
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.2 words

Words in this phrase

miles away

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • miles can mean: plural of mile Frequent word
  • away can mean: From a place, hence. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

0 1 miles away from ramsden 1× 0 2 miles away from the 1× 0 2 miles away with wallace 1× 0 4 miles away 1× 1 5 miles away and wylam 1× 9 000 miles away 1× and be miles away in my 1× is 40 miles away 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but the teenager 1× carter s actual 1× children of compulsory 1× epsom college is 1× he ends up 1× i love the 1×

Common sentence endings:

000 miles away 1× 1 6 miles 1× 4 miles away 1× 40 miles away 1× a different country 1× an australian couple 1×

Context words

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

school 6× station 5× home 3× infant 2× transport 2× nearest 2× though 2× couple 2× city 2× located 2× train 2× further 2×

Related phrases

miles per square miles walked away miles square drove away further away stay away miles north ran away passed away

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around away:

passed away 11× feet away 10× far away 8× get away 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

mile marker mile away mike pompeo mike pence migratory birds midtown manhattan

Just after it in the phrase index:

miles north miles per miles southwest miles square military academy military aid

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

miles per miles square miles north miles southwest

Same ending:

walked away drove away further away stay away ran away passed away

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "miles 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 0 1 miles away from ramsden, 0 2 miles away from the, school, station and home stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with miles per, square miles, walked away, passed away, feet away and far away, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with miles away

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

Short example sentences

Miles is miles away from reality. (6 words)

He ends up miles and miles away from his then adopted by an Australian couple. (15 words)

Prudhoe train station is 1.5 miles away and Wylam is slightly further at 1.6 miles. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Children of compulsory school age qualify for free school transport if they attend their nearest suitable school which is over 2 miles away for under 8s, over 3 miles away for those aged 8 and above, or if there's no safe route or due to a disability. (48 words)

Nine-year-old Kyle was washed away in his Hope Valley community in St Andrew during heavy rainfall on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 25. Days later, on Sunday, September 29, his body was found miles away in Harbour View, also in St Andrew. (44 words)

According to a listing, it boasts brilliant connections to local amenities, being placed 0.1 miles away from Ramsden Infant School, 0.2 miles from Barrow Station, 0.3 miles from Greengate Junior School and 1.2 miles from Roose station. (41 words)

Exclamation examples

Most are at least 15 to 20 miles from a shop of any kind and the nearest Tesco is 40 miles away! (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to a listing, it boasts brilliant connections to local amenities, being placed 0.1 miles away from Ramsden Infant School, 0.2 miles from Barrow Station, 0.3 miles from Greengate Junior School and 1.2 miles from Roose station.

Children of compulsory school age qualify for free school transport if they attend their nearest suitable school which is over 2 miles away for under 8s, over 3 miles away for those aged 8 and above, or if there's no safe route or due to a disability.

Epsom College is just 0.2 miles away with Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery also only 0.4 miles away.

But the teenager was born just 12 miles away in Camberwell and grew up even closer in Kennington, even though he is now shining 385 miles away in a different country.

He ends up miles and miles away from his then adopted by an Australian couple.

Most are at least 15 to 20 miles from a shop of any kind and the nearest Tesco is 40 miles away!

Not the Scottish city 87 miles to the south of Aberdeen, but the city in Western Australia located over 9,000 miles away.

Prudhoe train station is 1.5 miles away and Wylam is slightly further at 1.6 miles.

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Just 12 miles away from Gatwick airport and some 30 miles from London, Gravetye Manor is set within 1000 acres of wooded parklands and gardens in bucolic Sussex countryside.

Ryde and Fishbourne (both linking to Portsmouth) are less than two miles away, while Nettlestone (three miles), St Helens (four) and Bembridge (five) all have good beaches.

That night, even though I was watching through a TV screen hundreds from miles upon miles away, you could feel the raw emotion pouring out of the stadium.

They offer a bursary that covers transport costs if you’re more than three miles away but as the distance to my home is 2.8 miles, I’m not entitled to anything.

Miles is miles away from reality.

Those locations reportedly included her boyfriend’s home in Brooklyn, a car wash, a truck stop, a farm more than three miles from downtown Brooklyn, and another farm more than six miles away.

Winds estimated at 50 miles per hour fanned the flames that were visible for up to forty miles away.

Carter’s actual birthday was still almost a couple of weeks away, and Carter himself was 160 miles away, at home in Plains, Ga., where he has been in hospice care for the past 19 months.

Ideally located in the centre of the town, it is just 0.2 miles away from the train station and just steps away from the beach and marine lake.

Torphins is covered by an ambulance station seven miles away in Banchory, but it is understood medics had to came from further away.

Nine-year-old Kyle was washed away in his Hope Valley community in St Andrew during heavy rainfall on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 25. Days later, on Sunday, September 29, his body was found miles away in Harbour View, also in St Andrew.

I love the magic of music in the dark hours of early morning when I can break away from my living room and be miles away in my mind just by listening to a few minutes of a song.

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