Example sentences of "a few blocks [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Rico d'Agostino started up the same kind of place in what used to be Hogan 's Bar only a few blocks away . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | A few blocks away , at Volksgartenstrasse 10 , Rolf Ricke will have sculptures by Claudio Parmiggiani . |
5 | This was a far larger , middle-class house a few blocks away . |
6 | And it 's only a few blocks away from your shop . |
7 | The Empire State Building has been moved a few blocks uptown . |
8 | 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 . |