Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] a few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event . |
| 2 | A black cab drew in to the pavement a few yards ahead of them . |
| 3 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 4 | Suddenly there was the unmistakable swish of a mortar bomb , then the explosion a few yards away . |
| 5 | Rushing Wild 's jockey , Richard Dunwoody , gave Dwyer a pat on the back a few yards after the winning post . |
| 6 | The two bodies were lying face down on the grass a few yards apart . |
| 7 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
| 8 | Running on , I saw a dim shape kneeling on the ground a few yards ahead of me . |
| 9 | The guard glanced down the deserted street , and now caught the glimmer of moonlight on something lying in the mud a few yards away . |
| 10 | An old tramp was sitting on a rustic seat in the sunshine a few yards away , and she saw him toss an envelope on to the grass . |
| 11 | Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually . |
| 12 | The new tunnel opened on the left a few yards from the foot of the stairs . |
| 13 | Sid had chosen a spot at the top of the orchard a few yards from the wall surrounding Brigade H.Q ‘ We can have two trenches with one entrance , ’ he said , ‘ Your trench there , and my trench here , ’ drawing a diagram with the point of his bayonet . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's what I was on about , Boyo , ’ Taff answered , pointing to the spot a few yards away where the mortar team had been this morning . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're looking less peaky , ’ he said as she came to a halt on the slope a few yards below . |
| 16 | Behind the sundial there were a few trees , some of them in flower : a small path led into their deceptive shallow depths , and there , in a hollow a few yards from a high brick wall that bordered the garden , stood a sculpture . |
| 17 | Twenty-third July — sitting under a tree a few yards from my slit trench writing a letter to my parents in Glasgow . |
| 18 | Jolted out of these memories , he was startled by a movement a few yards ahead , along the jetty . |
| 19 | Once , he galloped straight towards them but came to a stop a few yards away , rearing on his hind legs before continuing his wild circling . |
| 20 | A reporter a few yards ahead of Dexter turned to his colleague and murmured , ‘ Christ , she 's tight-arsed , is n't she ? |
| 21 | There was no smile on his face now , however , as he stepped out of the site of the Reconciliation — known euphemistically as the Retreat — to find Dowd sitting perched on a shooting-stick a few yards from the door . |