Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] a few inches " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she eased the car forward a few inches more — but forgot to take off the lock . |
| 2 | The old Minpin climbed out of his window and walked straight down the big steeply sloping branch , then up another branch until he found a place only a few inches from Little Billy 's face . |
| 3 | The decorations shone on the walls and I loosened the buttons of my tunic and slipped my tie down a few inches . |
| 4 | She kept trying to pull herself up , but she could n't get further than lifting her head forward a few inches . |
| 5 | The pendulum consists of a weight on the end of a piece of string , thread or chain usually a few inches long . |
| 6 | Kate pulled the door back a few inches . |
| 7 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 8 | ‘ The reason , Ranulf , ’ Corbett announced softly , his face only a few inches from his servant 's , ‘ is that I am trying to find out if , from some eighteen months ago , the ale-masters and tavern-keepers along this highway remember two foreigners , a young woman and her male companion . |
| 9 | She tipped the sunshade back a few inches and let the dazzling rays toast her face . |