Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few feet " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the space of two heartbeats the two protagonists , hunter and quarry , glared at each other across the intervening gap of a few feet , while hurtling through the night at better than 80 m.p.h . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet . |
| 3 | She explained that the tree , to her looked like a green fuzzy clump even at a distance of a few feet . |
| 4 | In minutes they stood facing each other across a few feet of upland grass , the fresher horses of Jinneth 's escort stamping impatiently . |
| 5 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 6 | It is probably significant that our own body size of a few feet is roughly in the middle of the range of sizes we can imagine . |
| 7 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
| 8 | All cabinet council meetings took place in the west wing of the White House within a few feet of the Oval Office . |