Example sentences of "and [art] few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a prison-camp the world you wanted to get to was visible all the time and , although you did not live in it , you knew that it was only a matter of some barbed wire and a few yards away . |
| 2 | It was about a mile from the village , set back from the road , with tall iron gates , securely locked , at the entrance , and a few yards inside them a lodge . |
| 3 | Sadly , as television interviews all too clearly show , most footballers from other teams are monosyllabic in speech and a few yards short of a goal in the brain department . |
| 4 | The figure passed , breathing hard , and a few yards ahead turned in at one of the gates . |
| 5 | ( 55 ) I found a bottle with which I made numerous marks on the ground surrounding our tents and a few yards into the jungle , as far as I dared venture . |
| 6 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |