Example sentences of "few yards [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few yards beyond the entrance to Ingleborough Cave , a strong resurgence emerges from the base of a cliff on the left . |
| 2 | The lane wound in wide loops all the way to Applewick , but by footpath there was a short cut across a field , through a wood , and then across another field , which came out only a few yards beyond the low bridge . |
| 3 | A few yards beyond this , the tramway turned left to terminate a few yards into Thicket Road , by the Penge entrance of the Crystal Palace grounds . |
| 4 | Here were the factories , the council estates and — just a few yards beyond the Redburns ' back garden — the railway . |
| 5 | But — so much for her wish to escape Fen 's disturbing proximity for a while — after the first few yards beyond the bridge the towpath ceased to exist . |
| 6 | The dragon , carrying the weight of two men , was only a few yards above the grass . |
| 7 | To our relief we found the seas calm enough off the normal east landing at Geodha Stoth and dropped anchor a few yards off shore . |
| 8 | The second accident involved an 18ft boat which capsized just a few yards off the Lincolnshire coast . |
| 9 | It was but a few yards across the first field that he was attacked by three footpads . |
| 10 | In the area in which we are interested , there was a ‘ Sutton Garage ’ and a ‘ Sutton Depôt ’ , the latter actually being located a few yards across the boundary into Carshalton . |
| 11 | Just a few yards along the road in the Piaristenkirche , there are further reminders that Austria was the home of the Counter-Reformation with paintings and statues of Saints Francis Xavier , Ignatius de Loyola and John Nepomuk of Prague . |
| 12 | A few yards along the bank a group of women were washing enormous pots , scouring them with handfuls of gravel . |
| 13 | Moving a few yards along the tunnel , he found a crevice into which to wedge the second pack , with the sensor directed behind . |
| 14 | It seemed all over in the 63rd minute when Clough , a few yards outside the penalty area , volleyed a headed clearance instantly into the roof of the net before Hardwick could move a muscle . |
| 15 | This is a matter of constantly exploring out a few yards on almost every circle to try to find the best possible area of lift . |
| 16 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 17 | A few yards on they turned a corner and when she next looked back Rain saw the Tunisian again . |
| 18 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 19 | The three of them began to creep slowly down the hill , moving from tree to tree , but no more than a few yards at a time . |
| 20 | Turn right after 1/2 mile into Kyber car park , then turn left after 30 yds through gate ( but first detour ahead a few yards for view of Glasgow ) on track signposted Craigend Castle ( a ) . |
| 21 | In one instance , a young pilot started a launch with another glider standing only a few yards to the side and just ahead of the take-off point . |
| 22 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 23 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 24 | Thomas Telford ran the last few yards to the pump site . |
| 25 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 26 | He rushed along London Street and Bridge Road so fast that he puffed and staggered the last few yards to the cottage where he lived with his parents and two younger brothers . |
| 27 | It was only a few yards to the water . |
| 28 | She was heavily veiled and masked to walk the few yards to the women 's dining majlis , which was , of course , in the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 29 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 30 | His staff officers waited a few yards to the rear as the young man stared towards the enemy encampment . |