Example sentences of "only a [adj] paces " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wood was only a hundred paces away , but the sweat-streaked mare was blown and slowing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she did n't give them a thought . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |
| 6 | But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then he sprang , bearing her down into the trampled snow only a few paces from Yet 's body . |
| 9 | 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 . |