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The phrase "a few miles back" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to a location that is a short distance behind the current position or point of reference. Example: "We passed a beautiful lake a few miles back on our drive."
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A few miles back, they switched off their phones.
Man handed cop licence plate, saying he dropped it a few miles back.
Then I spotted a single headlight wavering in my mirrors, a few miles back on the dark green roller coaster.
My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back was sitting.
Her first syllable is full of scorn, and he wonders if Wendy is still at the gas station where he left her, just a few miles back.
A gentleman from Connecticut has seen the building from the porch of the Beacon House, in Easton, a few miles back of Bridgeport.
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Then we stepped into the thick, emerald forest to walk the few miles back to civilization, and home.
Then it was along the coast for a few miles and back to the pits at Cerda.
When water evaporates from the oceans, the vapour can rise over nine miles to form rain clouds that reflect sunlight; or it may rise just a few miles and drift back down without forming clouds.
A few miles later, Jen called back.
Some have washed up a few miles away and been carried back to him by local beachcombers.
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