Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a few paces " in BNC.
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| 1 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 2 | The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously . |
| 3 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 4 | The man shuffled back a few paces , bent almost double . |
| 5 | Bernice and Defries stepped back a few paces , to where Daak 's shrieking chainsword was slicing a hole in the curved wall . |
| 6 | There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera . |