Example sentences of "[verb] only a [adj] feet " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the surface of the peat fens lies only a few feet above or below sea-level . |
| 2 | Once it had been on the top deck of a multistorey car park in town , with shoppers passing only a few feet away on the other side of a layer of tinted glass , and she 'd felt like a tight-fitting skin over a multiple explosion that was sounding off again and again and again . |
| 3 | In the twilight the water , gushing and frothing , looked a long way down but the sound it made felt only a few feet below . |
| 4 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 5 | In the mist , Giles could see only a few feet ahead , so he moved very carefully . |
| 6 | ‘ We encountered a baby common dolphin trapped only a few feet from the surface , its beak and tall flipper hopelessly wrapped in layer upon layer of nylon mesh . |
| 7 | The pilots in the airliner above were unaware of the drama being enacted only a hundred feet below them . |
| 8 | To Joseph 's delight the Resident Superior led his entourage to the very front of the audience chamber and the American boy found himself standing only a few feet away from the throne where the Emperor Khai Dinh , a slender , almost feminine figure , sat swathed in a golden robe of richly embroidered silk . |
| 9 | London , meditated Dexter — so many people crammed together , yet knowing so little about the others standing only a few feet away . |
| 10 | Julius walked forward until he was standing only a few feet away . |
| 11 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 12 | He sat only a few feet from the screen , perched on the edge of the bed , a study in confusion and misery . |