half-a-mile

With the exception of our little cove, the other beaches sloped gently back for a distance of half-a-mile or so, into what I might call rocky meadows, with here and there patches of moss and tundra grass.

Chapter 29 2010

Meanwhile a the East London Advertiser reports three more incidents: "" a gang of youths hurled a brick at a Tesco delivery van half-a-mile away, then attacked the driver as he drove through Canon Street Road.

And the anti-semitism increases a notch Not a sheep 2009

When the two vessels were half-a-mile apart, a third shot made another hole in our mainsail.

Chapter 25 2010

The police broke up every lounging knot of men: — they separated quietly, to reunite half-a-mile further out of town.

Mary Barton 2010

The Ghost lay half-a-mile beyond the surf-line of a lonely beach.

Chapter 16 2010

A young kid was killed half-a-mile away last week by another young kid over Face Book slagging.

Police Response Times – A Serious Debate SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

We had gone half-a-mile and we just turned around and rode back and I just sat in the garage.

Complete transcript: Paul Kimmage’s interview of Floyd Landis 2011

Besides the noise from reenactments and running military vehicles, Moore and others said that the traffic on Dale Boulevard will be a mess -- it can already take 20 to 40 minutes to go half-a-mile during rush hour -- and that property values and quality of life might decline.

Plans for Wartime Museum in Dale City set off skirmishes Jennifer Buske 2010

Tourists to India gawp at commuters bulging out of train doors, elastic practitioners of yoga, holy men with fingernails half-a-mile long.

Hanging out with India's first real teenagers | Aditya Chakrabortty 2011

Local groups and city officials want to transform the half-a-mile long stone structure into a grassy, landscaped park with skyline views, spanning Jersey City's gentrifying neighborhoods.

High Line Hopes in Jersey City Heather Haddon 2012