There is a most interesting woman in the area, not five miles distant.

But it could be purchased only miles distant from the point of arrest.

He pointed toward the southeast, at another hill that was a few miles distant.

Indeed, it lay a good two or three miles distant.

The place was on the Sound, and only a few miles distant.

So on they went directly toward the city, which seemed only a couple of miles distant.

Her first thought was for the woods, perhaps a mile distant.

The Nile was only a mile distant on their left hand.

The largest of these cities was Newark, only ten miles distant.

Sometimes, the closest parallel for a design is many miles distant.