Fifty miles down the river stand the ruins of a city similarly taken when my grandfather's grandfather was a young man.

It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us.

Every few miles stood a village, and about once a day they came to a real town, with a reeve's palisaded fort.

For each of us, square miles to stand guard over.

A mile or so away stood a mound, dotted with houses.

Five miles west of the town on Highway 20 stands a historical marker.

In fact, just four miles north of the trade center site stands the outstanding example of American urban design.

Ten miles off stands a bulk of dark, brooding mountains.

About two miles from the tree stood another tower.

Perfectly shaped, pure white, many miles high, they stood immobile in the cold blue air.