Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [adv prt] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have gone down the medium wave dial from 10.17 to 8.55 , but their new premises in Ludlow is more than a few steps up from the barn . |
| 2 | The rear door of the car opened and my father was observed to be standing there , a few steps back from the vehicle , gazing steadily into the interior . |
| 3 | I 'll ask Daddy to give you a few days off from the office . |
| 4 | The two men stood side by side a few yards in from the edge of the treeline , examining the layout of the ground between them and the house . |
| 5 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 6 | I squeezed the plastic bottle and sent a jet of petrol out of it , over the wick of the lighter , held a few centimetres out from the nozzle by an aluminium tent-peg . |
| 7 | Our cargo of cement was destined for a factory at Tima , a town which lay a few miles back from the riverbank . |
| 8 | Seen outside the ‘ homely ’ Bull & Gate pub — just a few doors down from the Town & Country Club where your beloved NME is currently holding its superlative week of talent flaunting — a small sad notice fluttering in the wake of the jostling NICK CAVE-bound hordes , announcing : ‘ HURRAH , onstage tonight at 10.30pm . |