Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a few feet " in BNC.

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1 For the space of two heartbeats the two protagonists , hunter and quarry , glared at each other across the intervening gap of a few feet , while hurtling through the night at better than 80 m.p.h .
2 Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet .
3 It was a few feet by a few feet with a bench to sit on .
4 ‘ That 's a patch of grass a few feet by a few feet , ’ I informed him , suddenly aware that Mr Palmer had never visited Chelsea Terrace in his life .
5 At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season .
6 She explained that the tree , to her looked like a green fuzzy clump even at a distance of a few feet .
7 Nolan , glowering routinely at Sam from a few feet away , switched his ill-humour to me .
8 In minutes they stood facing each other across a few feet of upland grass , the fresher horses of Jinneth 's escort stamping impatiently .
9 Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away .
10 It is probably significant that our own body size of a few feet is roughly in the middle of the range of sizes we can imagine .
11 As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away .
12 All cabinet council meetings took place in the west wing of the White House within a few feet of the Oval Office .
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