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‘A person may drive some miles.’

[⟨det person.ndrive.v ⟨det (plur mile.n)⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I drive about 28 miles a day to work (round trip).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I guess I drove about 300 miles, while my tour manager drove over 500, and another member added about 200.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I drove about 700 miles the first day and slept in a little campground outside Valentine, Nebraska.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Instead of driving 50 miles one way, I’ll be driving 18 miles instead.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In total I drove about 2700 miles across the country in my old ass car.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I drove 800.4 miles today.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I love our new Tahoe Hybrid I wanted a Caddy but the girls complained that there was no room for them I’m glad I listened. so far I drove 90 miles in it and the gas gauge is still at full…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I feel bad, thinking about this guy driving 230 miles to see just me, when if I would drive the same 230 miles, I would have to see all of my family and spend time with them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Josh and I drove 2,000 + miles round trip not to mention ge…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In all, I drove about 700 miles, almost thirteen straight hours.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I still drive my 1,000 miles a month (like most Americans) and previously I got about 375 miles a tank before, I was buying gas at least 3 times a month.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If you then have to slow for a couple of miles to say 50 (like behind a lorry that has pulled out in front of you with no indication) Once he pulls in, you can then drive several miles at 65 mph and still not exceed the overall average for any given distance.
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In Wikipedia:

This is reflected in the expression that “if you drive five miles in Fujian the culture changes, and if you drive ten miles, the language does”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I would drive about 10 miles out of town on the trans – Labrador highway (not so grand as it sounds, a dirt road really that was open only in the summer so big rigs could get into Goose Bay for deliveries, otherwise closed with snow and ice, I digress.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I drove fourteen miles back to my house, which oddly enough was only two blocks away from the bar.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But then again, I doubt I’m gonna drive 90 miles in the next week.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I drive 60 miles per day, I just bought a hybrid, I’ll miss the speed and handling.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I will drive as far a 60 miles.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I personally drove this coach 300 miles and it started right up and runs / drives / stops great.
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Queried on 2013-05-24.