Example sentences of "is [adv] a few [noun pl] away " in BNC.
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1 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
2 | ‘ Monpazier — one of the most beautiful — is only a few kilometres away . |
3 | LIVER transplant girl Kelly Prosser is only a few smiles away from home , thanks to caring friends . |
4 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
5 | Oxford itself , the ‘ city of dreaming spires ’ as John Betjeman eulogised it is only a few miles away with all its many and varied attractions . |
6 | France has gone , and Belgium and Holland , and the German army is only a few miles away across the Channel . |
7 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |
8 | When your light aircraft taxies to a standstill , the reception of the the island 's only hotel , the Bird Island Lodge , is only a few steps away . |
9 | Full multimedia interactivity , networked through cheap , standardised communications systems is only a few years away . |
10 | All the assassin had to do was take the piece of thread as I did , pull it very slowly , which hardly makes a sound , and murder is only a few seconds away . |
11 | Dateline … swindon monday morning … six o clock … the Link Centre … for most folk the start of the working week is still a few hours away … but the Tigersharks are wide awake and raring to go … |