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  • 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

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