Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] a few feet " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surf from giant waves crashing a few feet away splashed his face . |
| 2 | As he sipped his cider , Yanto 's attention was drawn to a group standing a few feet from their table . |
| 3 | Adam casually glanced about , nodding briefly to one of the regular customers dancing a few feet away from them . |
| 4 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 5 | Gradual encroachment by landowners stealing a few feet whenever they cultivated adjacent fields had severely reduced the width of the original ‘ cordons sanitaire ’ . |
| 6 | " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away . |
| 7 | Lying in a widening pool of blood , he stared vacant eyed with shock at his severed right arm lying a few feet from his face , still clothed in its black sleeve . |