Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] few metres " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 2 | The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop . |
| 3 | Nesad Causevic , a policeman , was changing shift last November when a grenade blew up a few metres from his car . |
| 4 | Found on rocky coastal areas , younger wrasse live only a few metres deep , while larger specimens can be found deeper than 15 metres . |
| 5 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
| 6 | At midday , the German assault waves appeared out of their holes , bayonets fixed ; ‘ They ran forward a few metres , then under the tac-tac of our machine gun , collapsed … . |
| 7 | Eventually a large branch with lots of other branches on it and lots of leaves — half a bush , practically — snags only a few metres down the shaft and we stop , breathless , sweating , trembling from exertion and delayed shock . |