Example sentences of "only [art] few paces " in BNC.
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1 | Visitors to the city may easily fail to chance upon Portugal Place which remains an oasis of timeless calm only a few paces from the crowded pavements of the city centre . |
2 | The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she did n't give them a thought . |
3 | Susan , who lives in Sunderland , can walk only a few paces with a stick , has lost the use of an arm and has impaired eyesight . |
4 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |
5 | But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him . |
6 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
7 | Then he sprang , bearing her down into the trampled snow only a few paces from Yet 's body . |
8 | It was when he reached the ground floor and was only a few paces from the door leading to the basement that things started to go wrong . |