Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few feet " in BNC.
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| 1 | This exemplary logic completed , it was another few breathless minutes before she found the necessary strength to contemplate walking the few feet to join Roman 's laughing , relaxed presence at the breakfast-table . |
| 2 | The knife lies a few feet away in a puddle . |
| 3 | The Ship rose a few feet , wobbling alarmingly . |
| 4 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 5 | Perched a few feet from the top of the 1,000ft Glenshane Pass is one of N. Ireland 's most famous pubs , and probably also ’ its ’ highest , The Ponderosa . |
| 6 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 7 | Martin stopped a few feet before him and stood with legs planted firmly apart , said loud enough to be heard above the music , ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ |
| 8 | As she stopped a few feet away from them she saw that his cap had been knocked some distance from where he lay and the force of the blow , which had thrown him through the air , had dislodged his fountain pen from his pocket . |
| 9 | She stopped a few feet away , so that she was hidden by the curtains , and fixed her gaze unblinkingly on the long black Mercedes that was heading sedately up the driveway . |
| 10 | Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily , gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov 's grim face . |
| 11 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 12 | The alluvial soil on which the city stood was frozen all year round but thawed a few feet down during the summer . |
| 13 | The trolley had been pushed a few feet away and my handbag removed from my shopping bag . |
| 14 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 15 | But in the split second it took Angel Two to cover the few feet between them , Grant reflexively pulled the trigger of the shotgun . |
| 16 | In the tribal agencies , government authority frequently ends a few feet from the road . |
| 17 | Lying in a widening pool of blood , he stared vacant eyed with shock at his severed right arm lying a few feet from his face , still clothed in its black sleeve . |
| 18 | He sits behind a desk and you stand a few feet away with a screw facing you really close on either side . |
| 19 | Surf from giant waves crashing a few feet away splashed his face . |
| 20 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 21 | Visibility on both motorways was down to 50 yards but some drivers were speeding a few feet from the vehicle in front . |
| 22 | Instead he silently walked the few feet between them and put his arms round her . |
| 23 | On the ground floor he walked a few feet ahead , leaving me to trundle behind like a meek Arab wife . |
| 24 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 25 | Gradual encroachment by landowners stealing a few feet whenever they cultivated adjacent fields had severely reduced the width of the original ‘ cordons sanitaire ’ . |
| 26 | Sometimes the youngsters flew a few feet up into the air to take the offering — to return immediately to the safety of the wire . |
| 27 | He took a run at the tree trunk , and scrambled a few feet up before pitching on his head . |
| 28 | When the airbrakes are opened , some lift is lost so that the glider sinks a few feet very rapidly . |
| 29 | Adam casually glanced about , nodding briefly to one of the regular customers dancing a few feet away from them . |
| 30 | Every few minutes a large solid mass breaks off and topples forward in a cascade of loose , glowing material , and comes to rest a few feet from the main mass , leaving a fading , sullen red glowing scar to mark the place on the flow where it came from . |