Example sentences of "a [noun] ['s] throw [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BIBLE 'S throw from Harrods , guitar-strummed folk songs waft out of a church . |
| 2 | The National Bank was built as early as 1830 and in JTR 's time there was a comparable expansion of its administrative function just as today with all branches of government represented within a hand 's throw of the Square . |
| 3 | It 's nice to say this year its come back home to Shrewsbury , literally a stone 's throw down the road . |
| 4 | The Hotel Mercure , within a stone 's throw of the Cherbourg ferry terminal , offers modern , anonymous comfort , and a very reasonable meal for about FF100. ( 010 33 33 44 01 11 ) . |
| 5 | There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone 's throw of her own modest establishment . |
| 6 | Wherever we live , be it within a stone 's throw of Sellafield or in an area seemingly unaffected by the dumping of waste , we must not fall into the out-of-sight , out-of-mind approach adopted by much of industry . |
| 7 | Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’ |
| 8 | What self-respecting photographer would have risked his new-fangled box camera within a stone 's throw of a ‘ free fight ’ ? |
| 9 | Jean-Claude told me that is was here he had wished Montaine to be laid , not in the familiar old churchyard within a stone 's throw of the house . |
| 10 | Still within a stone 's throw of the Scentmakers ’ Bazaar . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Crowley , whose brief is to spend 40 days in each of the boroughs , says the Stockton area covers most aspects of the river with two entirely different environments to be found within a stone 's throw of each other . |
| 12 | Above The stables at Bushey Park , a stone 's throw from Powerscourt . |
| 13 | A stone 's throw from the Iraqi border post to the west of Khorramshahr , a senior officer of Iran 's Revolutionary Guard vigorously denied that his men , who swarmed around the area , were involved in what he called Iraq 's ‘ Islamic revolution ’ — which , he said , would one day ( ‘ God willing ’ ) succeed . |
| 14 | Crammed full of bars , discos and restaurants , the old town of Kissimmee is virtually a stone 's throw from Motel 6 , making it a great choice for late night revellers . |
| 15 | At about 10.45 he had met William Day , who had also been working late , and they had travelled together to their appropriate homes , the houses being a stone 's throw from each other . |
| 16 | ‘ Only a stone 's throw from the Civil Engineers ' Hall . ’ |
| 17 | The copy here came , appropriately enough , from the public library at Brentford , scene of John Wilkes 's great electoral triumphs at the Middlesex hustings in the 1760s , not a stone 's throw from the library , on the area of ground , still public land , known as The Butts . |
| 18 | In parting we arranged to meet again , next time in London , and I promised to take her to dinner at her favourite restaurant , the Trocadero on Shaftesbury Avenue , just a stone 's throw from Piccadilly Circus . |
| 19 | The Stadio Olimpico , a stone 's throw from the Tiber , is built on gladiatorial lines . |
| 20 | Hastings Sea Life Centre is just a stone 's throw from the sea itself , at the far end of Rock-a-Nore Road . |
| 21 | I 'll not be more'n a stone 's throw from the door , so rid th'self of thoughts about taking off . |
| 22 | His harsh voice shouted at them as if they were at the top of the rigging , rather than a stone 's throw from his feet . |
| 23 | By train you arrive at Kleine Schiedegg at the foot of the north face of the Eiger , a stone 's throw from the famous Lauberhorn downhill run . |
| 24 | It all lay a stone 's throw from the Tower and the docks , and the housing in the surrounding area was punctuated by small workshops , timber yards and warehouses , along with the East London Theatre just across Rosemary Lane , and the Royal Mint to the south-west . |
| 25 | They were married in the Guards ' Chapel , a stone 's throw from Buckingham Palace , on July 4 1973 , and one member of the close-knit circle of Camilla 's friends said : ‘ She believed Charles had lost interest and had no intention of considering her as a wife . |
| 26 | Now , his team-mates — all £14m worth of them — reckon the kid who was brought up a stone 's throw from Ibrox is even better . |
| 27 | MARK ROBINS , born a stone 's throw from Boundary Park , sent Norwich back to the top of the table with a superb hat-trick last night . |
| 28 | ( Incidentally , this building was a stone 's throw from the doctor 's surgery and within sight of the door . ) |
| 29 | One of the restaurants they visited was Don Leone 's — a stone 's throw from the marina in Puerto Banus where the rich and famous moor their luxury yachts . |
| 30 | She and Luc share a luxurious flat just a stone 's throw from the famous Hollywood sign — complete with swimming pool . |