Example sentences of "just a [det] yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The explosions seemed just a few yards away . |
| 2 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 3 | They both soon scattered when a mortar bomb burst at the entrance to the orchard , sending shrapnel whistling through the trees and thudding into the walls of the little cottage just a few yards away . |
| 4 | The group of houses are now just a few yards away and at the sight of the French civilians lining the route , all tiredness is now forgotten and a spring has appeared in our step . |
| 5 | Just a few yards along the road in the Piaristenkirche , there are further reminders that Austria was the home of the Counter-Reformation with paintings and statues of Saints Francis Xavier , Ignatius de Loyola and John Nepomuk of Prague . |
| 6 | The Egyptians are asking for Cleopatra 's Needle , the great granite obelisk of 1500 BC which stands on the Thames embankment just a few yards from the Savoy . |
| 7 | It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam . |
| 8 | Nellie Taylor was in , but her husband was at Higatt 's , the butchers , just a few yards away . |
| 9 | Nearer , just a few yards away , were our tents , their mouths pointing away from me , out of the wind . |
| 10 | Just a few yards away were dunes spiked with palms . |
| 11 | All those long nights when I had sat in the canteen I had never realized what was happening just a few yards away on the Tartan track . |
| 12 | Just a few yards north of the inn is a farm that serves teas in the summer . |
| 13 | Here were the factories , the council estates and — just a few yards beyond the Redburns ' back garden — the railway . |
| 14 | Set among the pine trees just a few yards from the white sandy beach , the hotel has immediate access to all facilities in the Forte Hotel Village , at no extra charge , in addition to its own select amenities . |
| 15 | Yet , just a few yards away , is the busy main street and the railway station . |
| 16 | To help you get to know the local wines we recommend a special tasting at the Wine Forum , just a few yards walk down the promenade ( book on arrival — M9 per person ) . |
| 17 | There are Houseparties on several other Greek islands , in Menorca ( with its own pool and tennis court ) , on the Algarve ( own pool ) , and at a lovely location in Kenya on Diani Beach , where once you 've gawped at the game there 's a centre to distract you with windsurfing , SCUBA diving and sailing just a few yards through the palm trees . |
| 18 | Hannah Hauxwell 's somewhat late introduction to the benefits of modern civilization , such as water that arrived at the turn of a tap , central heating , shops just a few yards away , even a telephone ( the number is ex-directory or it would never stop ) , clearly created a revolution in her life Her financial situation also improved dramatically with a tidy amount left from the sale of Low Birk Hatt to invest , and substantial sums from the royalties of her best-selling book . |
| 19 | The sole surviving member of that family still lives in Cotherstone , just a few yards down the road from Hannah 's cottage . |
| 20 | There was just a few yards walk to the main road , a careful look around , then across it , instinctively choosing the potential cover of a derelict warehouse on that side rather than the dockyard fence on this . |
| 21 | Eleanor began to walk towards her car , which was parked on the drive just a few yards from where Jessamy was standing . |
| 22 | On a recent visit to Grenada in the Caribbean , I saw a sign ‘ Ottways ’ Funeral Home on the carrenage just a few yards from the sea , I decided to enquire . |
| 23 | Just a few yards away , people using the Matson dry ski slope have no idea of the tragedy that took place more than 50 years ago , but now a group of aviation enthusiasts aim to change all that . |
| 24 | The result was the car was found parked half on the footpath just a few yards away . |
| 25 | The second accident involved an 18ft boat which capsized just a few yards off the Lincolnshire coast . |
| 26 | He was only just a few yards up the blacksmith . |
| 27 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 28 | Well just a few yards along . |