Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a multitude of small tracks that began promisingly and died to nothing within a few yards , tracks that might be the paths of men or of deer , or wolves , or wild boar . |
| 2 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 3 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 4 | When she turned to go upstairs and change , she saw Lucenzo leaning against a pillar , watching her from a few yards away . |
| 5 | For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field . |
| 6 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |