Sentence examples for good miles from inspiring English sources

The result is a compact power unit that punches over its weight, yet gets good miles to the gallon while emitting less in the way of pollution.

Johnson would like to see a single CAFE standard rather than two separate ones, as cars overseas are more fuel efficient and then the car companies could count their good miles per gallon European cars with their gas guzzling American trucks.

Here's one measure of just how good Miles is: After spending Easter sitting through both parts of "Wolf Hall" (separated by a dinner break), I returned to my friend's apartment just as the first episode of the TV version starring Mark Rylance was beginning.

We chuckled over their folly, only to spot them later a good mile ahead of us.

11.15am: Welcome to a sun-bathed All England Club, nestled in the heart of SW19 - a good mile from the tube and a good few thousand miles from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

We were a good mile inside the cave when Ernie looked at me, gave a little laugh and then turned off the flashlight.

From here, stairs descended to what used to be the beach which now was a good mile away across a barren, sunbaked expanse of dirt.

AS A rule of thumb, the average number of miles most American motorists get per gallon is a good mile or two less than the "combined" figure printed on the window stickers fixed to new cars in dealers' showrooms.

Due to the thick crowds I was forced to watch the event from a good mile away, and at times felt like I should have been one of the dozens treated for hypothermia.

Although the record has remained intact, the results of the races have required a total readjustment in traditional thinking about what constitutes a good mile time and have led to renewed interest in the mile by Europeans.

The biggest crowd -- a good mile long and a boulevard wide -- marched for hours without incident or trouble yet with evident concern for the panoply of issues that angered, frightened or frustrated them enough to come here.