Example sentences of "[art] few inches " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below and above him were overhangs ; he had lost all his equipment ; the few inches of rock beneath his feet threatened to crumble away ; a blizzard tore at him constantly ; his situation was entirely hopeless . |
| 2 | This jerk kept the pram moving over the few inches between the foot of the gentle slope and the beginning of the steep grassy bank that ended up at the road . |
| 3 | On Exercise that morning he had tossed his offering the few inches from his pocket to a waiting bucket . |
| 4 | His voice seemed to fill the few inches ' space between them , bringing them even closer . |
| 5 | ‘ Accuse ? ’ he asked softly , and the few inches separating them narrowed alarmingly . |
| 6 | Luke smiled again , reaching across the few inches of space Fran had managed to leave between them to catch her hand and raise it to his lips as he pressed a lovingly tender kiss to her fingertips . |
| 7 | When the winding extends around approximately half of the core cut off the end , leaving a few inches of spare wire and tape the wire down temporarily . |
| 8 | However , unless I want junk food from one of the many establishments purveying it in this thoroughly commercialised station , all I have available to sit on in the huge concourse is a grubby metal flip-up slat a few inches wide . |
| 9 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
| 10 | The water pours on until a few inches has collected in the bottom . |
| 11 | The bundle she had disturbed eddied a few inches into the deeper water and as Wexford watched , a thin pale hand , lifeless as the agate-veined stones , rose slowly from the sodden cloth , its fingers hanging yet pointing towards him . |
| 12 | He raised his hand to his mouth in a gesture of dismay and held it suspended there a few inches from his face . |
| 13 | Even the Euro-sceptical Mr Lamont has shifted the official line on EMU a few inches . |
| 14 | Thus , if the goal is for your dog to eat in the car rather than the kitchen , in preparation for a long journey , move its dish a few inches a day towards the car , and then into the car . |
| 15 | Place a sheet of fine netting a few inches above cabbages and brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies away . |
| 16 | Cut the rootstock back to a few inches high . |
| 17 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 18 | Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method . |
| 19 | For stomach curls you lie on your back on the floor , bend your knees upwards slightly ( while keeping your feet on the floor ) , then lift your head and shoulders a few inches off the floor ( do not use your hands or arms to support your weight ) . |
| 20 | There are many delightful alpines with a height and spread of just a few inches . |
| 21 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 22 | Later vehicles have a braided earth lead running to the body a few inches from the motor . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | However , unknown to Lee , under his ball were bramble runners , so that when he came down to it , his hand got turned and he only moved the ball a few inches . |
| 25 | Bernhard Langer got the first blow in by hitting a great second shot over the Swilcan Burn at the first hole to only a few inches , about a foot I guess , and birdied to go one nearer the lead . |
| 26 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 27 | Yet again , a big , comparatively heavy bait such as a lobworm , on a clean bottom may require only a few inches , for the sheer weight of this bait means the bream has to position himself quite close to it for the suck to be effective . |
| 28 | If the bottom is not too weedy I constantly twitch the bait along the bottom a few inches at a time . |
| 29 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 30 | A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike . |