Example sentences of "[art] few metres [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The demonstrators stopped their march , a few metres away from a police line deployed in the temple 's front square . |
| 2 | As they stared intently at a cameraman lurking on the bank , a family of mink , unnoticed peered curiously at them , from only a few metres away . |
| 3 | A beam flashed across the runway only a few metres away from the shuttle 's nose . |
| 4 | The creature was only a few metres away now . |
| 5 | The woman stopped , only a few metres away now , and exchanged a glance with Ace before turning slowly to face Defries . |
| 6 | They ran for the shelter of a large chunk of dislodged temple that had fallen a few metres away . |
| 7 | Slightly smaller than Jeanneau 's new protégé , and displayed with considerably less ostentation only a few metres away , was the neat little Sprint designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault . |
| 8 | He got up from his seat as quickly as his thick furs and old muscles would allow , kicked some slates and books out of his way across the glass floor and started inspecting a pillar a few metres away . |
| 9 | He sensed Rodo 's presence a few metres ahead of him . |
| 10 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 11 | Ace caught it , almost pulled Defries from her perch , released it , and rolled to a stop a few metres further down the slope . |
| 12 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
| 13 | On moderately dry ground , for example along the coast of Antarctica , unsorted polygons are convex shapes in the ground up to a few metres across , ringed by a network of furrows that mark the positions of persistent cracks ( Figure 3.8 ) . |