Example sentences of "few feet from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 2 | In the tribal agencies , government authority frequently ends a few feet from the road . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | At one point last week , emerging from examining some factory , he passed just a few feet from a group of Fleet Street 's finest . |
| 5 | My second husband had been born 6,000 miles away , but at his funeral service the coffin lay but a few feet from the church war memorial tablet bearing Leslie 's name . |
| 6 | The male of the species is an unadulterated chauvinist who will not allow the females of his harem to move more than a few feet from him . |
| 7 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 8 | Only a few feet from the side of the ship a sucking swirl dimpled the water ominously . |
| 9 | Every few minutes a large solid mass breaks off and topples forward in a cascade of loose , glowing material , and comes to rest a few feet from the main mass , leaving a fading , sullen red glowing scar to mark the place on the flow where it came from . |
| 10 | Perched a few feet from the top of the 1,000ft Glenshane Pass is one of N. Ireland 's most famous pubs , and probably also ’ its ’ highest , The Ponderosa . |
| 11 | As he sipped his cider , Yanto 's attention was drawn to a group standing a few feet from their table . |
| 12 | Thoughtfully he thrust it into the base of a bush a few feet from the path and covered it with dried leaves . |
| 13 | The coop was on the roof , a few feet from the door to the house , and was a hollowed-out tree-trunk with a wooden slat for sealing the entrance at night . |
| 14 | The main problem in Preston today is the traffic , especially along the Main Street , and the church 's foundations must be suffering , as the tower is only a few feet from a sharp bend in the street . |
| 15 | When it seemed that the sound and whatever it emanated from was about to overwhelm us , the engine and coaches of an express train appeared in the left-hand window and whizzed past a few feet from the front bumper . |
| 16 | In fact they have to be trained — starting with distances of only a few feet from , and within sight of , the loft . |
| 17 | The other humans said something , and the box was cautiously put down on the gravel a few feet from Masklin . |
| 18 | Visibility on both motorways was down to 50 yards but some drivers were speeding a few feet from the vehicle in front . |
| 19 | We were a few feet from the main entrance , but he needed to pause before moving on . |
| 20 | He stepped up just a few feet from the service line to receive Lendl 's second serve . |
| 21 | In the hazy conditions a bright yellow camera bag was spotted first , a few feet from the corpse , which was lodged face down between a rock and a bush . |
| 22 | When he was only forty feet from the Ilyushin , with his right wing now pointing straight up , its tip just a few feet from the airliner 's belly , Duncan pulled back on the left engine and then let the drag pull the plane level . |
| 23 | He sat only a few feet from the screen , perched on the edge of the bed , a study in confusion and misery . |
| 24 | If this is not possible , allow roughly the same amount of space on each opposing side ( for example , by placing one side of the rug a few feet from a wall and the opposite side the same distance from a large piece of furniture ) . |
| 25 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 26 | The first row of the audience were literally a few feet from my feet . |
| 27 | The Luggage halted a few feet from the wizard and , after a moment , retracted its legs . |
| 28 | The reason for this was the bright point of light that had popped into existence a few feet from his eyes . |
| 29 | Soon they were airborne , the dragon skimming along easily a few feet from the floor and leaving a billowing cloud of dust in its wake . |
| 30 | Lying in a widening pool of blood , he stared vacant eyed with shock at his severed right arm lying a few feet from his face , still clothed in its black sleeve . |