Example sentences of "a few inches [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy raised his arm a few inches higher . |
| 2 | He says a few inches either way and he would have been killed . |
| 3 | A few inches either way and police officers could have been seriously injured or even killed . |
| 4 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 5 | Two heads a few inches apart . |
| 6 | Their faces were a few inches apart — and then they were in each other 's arms and she whispered , ‘ Yes — I still love you . |
| 7 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |
| 8 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 9 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
| 10 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 11 | He turned his head , and saw a human foot a few inches away . |
| 12 | Two huge human feet were a few inches away from them . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |
| 14 | Grandson Richard 's ear was only a few inches away . |
| 15 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 16 | It baffled her as to why she should feel a tingle in her veins just because Piers Morrison was lying only a few inches away from her . |
| 17 | Corbett leaned over , putting his hands on the arms of the chair , his face a few inches away from de Craon 's . |
| 18 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 19 | Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement . |
| 20 | The door opened , a few inches only , the limit of a security chain . |
| 21 | So she eased the car forward a few inches more — but forgot to take off the lock . |
| 22 | Her loose silk smock had been raised , while the elastic waistband of her matching trousers had been lowered a few inches so that her pale abdomen , not yet beginning to swell with the new life inside her , was ready to be smeared lightly with the gel that would facilitate the task of finding the tiny heartbeat . |
| 23 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |