Example sentences of "was only [art] [adj] [noun pl] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wood was only a hundred paces away , but the sweat-streaked mare was blown and slowing . |
| 2 | At Godstowe Priory Dame Frances was only a few minutes away from death . |
| 3 | The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it . |
| 4 | She was only a few feet away from the buffer when a rat darted in front of her , and although she jerked her head back sharply its wet tail brushed against her cheek as it disappeared into a gap between the two lengths of corroded track . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , when Beth was only a few feet away , Matthew raised his head and his eyes met hers . |
| 6 | The creature was only a few metres away now . |
| 7 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 8 | Grandson Richard 's ear was only a few inches away . |
| 9 | It was only a few miles away but it seemed unimaginably distant . |
| 10 | He was only a few miles away but for him it might as well have been a million miles . |
| 11 | Although I was only a few miles away over the river , I missed the London I was getting to know and played games with myself like : if the secret police ordered you to live in the suburbs for the rest of your life , what would you do ? |
| 12 | You can imagine the eager anticipation I felt when following the death of our much loved 16 year old dog , I saw an advertisement quoting ‘ Basset Hounds For Sale ’ and the contact , which could have been anywhere in the UK , was only a few miles away . |
| 13 | It seemed as if the Führer was right yet again , and that the end of the Russian campaign was only a few weeks away . |
| 14 | She was only a few yards away . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I was only a few yards away when the car came round the bend and hit the kerb . |
| 16 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 17 | He had got into an argument in the wash room with Clive Fairbrother , an Australian exchange student a year older than him whose sense of humour was only a few degrees away from sheer malice . |
| 18 | Christmas was only a few months away , after all , and then he 'd be back . |