For the first
half mile the American took the lead by a few hands; but, losing his wind, soon fell far behind; leaving the Shoshonie and Skynse to contend together.
So sure was Tarzan of his jungle knowledge that he did not turn from his course, but passed the glare at a distance of a
half mile. It was the camp fire of the Frenchmen.
No longer punished, at the end of a
half mile Bob eased down into a fast canter.
Candidly, I could do no more when I saw a glimmer of light, which, for a
half mile, broke the darkness of the waters.
The Arabs outnumbered the Waziri; their bullets penetrated the shrubbery and found marks that the Arab riflemen had not even seen; and then Achmet Zek circled inward a
half mile above the bungalow, tore down a section of the fence, and led his marauders within the grounds.
It seemed early to think about shutting up then, however, with the sun still in the heavens, and we settled to push straight on for Runnymead, three and a
half miles further, a quiet wooded part of the river, and where there is good shelter.
"Besides," added Barbicane, "even to the most piercing eye a man cannot be distinguished farther than three and a
half miles off; so that, if there are any Selenites, they can see our projectile, but we cannot see them."
From a little hill called Hutchinson's Hill, you could look over three and a
half miles of ground covered with fighting seals; and the surf was dotted all over with the heads of seals hurrying to land and begin their share of the fighting.
Go through and keep on the main track for another
half mile. Follow it round to the right.
Communities that were less than a half-mile from campus were averaging pre-leasing levels of 43% in January, compared to 34% for properties located more than a
half mile away.
That applied only to rural higher-risk, larger-diameter onshore pipelines that are located in or within a
half mile of an unusually sensitive area (USA) and operate at stress levels greater than 20% of specified minimum yield strength.
* Log-Net, Inc., a trade, transportation and logistics solutions provider, signed a 6,466 s/f office lease for 230
Half Mile Road within the campus.
half mile - a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile