Example sentences of "a few block " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooper Union is a few blocks west . |
| 2 | In fact , he turns up at the Harlem Hospital , a few blocks north , two days later , and is heckled as he walks along the wards . |
| 3 | If nothing catches the eye , walk a few blocks to West 47th street , between Fifth and Sixth Avenues , to browse at the Gotham Book Mart ( ’ Wise men fish here , ’ says the sign ) , which , for 70 years has specialised in literature and arts . |
| 4 | There was little Luch could do , apart from laying aside a few blocks of honeycomb for her . |
| 5 | Perfectly safe , until I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and found myself , the only female , in a street lined with male prostitutes . |
| 6 | Rico d'Agostino started up the same kind of place in what used to be Hogan 's Bar only a few blocks away . |
| 7 | To build a wall of Pycoma you simply erect a hollow mould of shuttering , lay a few blocks of Pycoma inside , and light them . |
| 8 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 9 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 10 | Ziba 's 35-year-old brother , Meho , who worked at the dairy and fought with the Sarajevo defence force , had been killed during the night in a skirmish a few blocks away . |
| 11 | Cabs were hard to come by , and after ten minutes of waiting in line beneath the hotel canopy he decided to walk uptown a few blocks and catch a passing cab if he got lucky . |
| 12 | He left the corner and trekked a few blocks east until he found a bar , where he put two bourbons down his throat , and wished to his core that alcohol and not the opposite sex had been his addiction . |
| 13 | A few blocks away , at Volksgartenstrasse 10 , Rolf Ricke will have sculptures by Claudio Parmiggiani . |
| 14 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
| 15 | These women go out with their children and in their bags or baskets , instead of carrying nappies or extra clothing for their children , they have the bombs or weapons which we will use a few blocks further on . |
| 16 | One of the first things we do , after settling in — we show up at this little garage or car cemetery a few blocks south . |
| 17 | This was a far larger , middle-class house a few blocks away . |
| 18 | And it 's only a few blocks away from your shop . |
| 19 | They missed Delmonico 's by only a few blocks geographically but far more gastronomically — or so Maxim assumed since he also assumed that Delmonico 's did n't specialise in hamburgers and tuna sandwiches for the decorators working on the shop next door . |
| 20 | Well so was Agnes — it was probably her local being only a few blocks from her Georgetown address . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's just a few blocks further … ’ |