Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] a few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went there and found the beach exactly as described , with the clear and tranquil pond only a few yards behind the choppy sea . |
| 2 | Turn right after 1/2 mile into Kyber car park , then turn left after 30 yds through gate ( but first detour ahead a few yards for view of Glasgow ) on track signposted Craigend Castle ( a ) . |
| 3 | They both soon scattered when a mortar bomb burst at the entrance to the orchard , sending shrapnel whistling through the trees and thudding into the walls of the little cottage just a few yards away . |
| 4 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 5 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |
| 6 | It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam . |
| 7 | According to Captain Trentham 's report , he was picked up with a single bullet wound in his right hand while lying in the mud only a few yards in front of his own trench . |
| 8 | Eleanor began to walk towards her car , which was parked on the drive just a few yards from where Jessamy was standing . |
| 9 | On a recent visit to Grenada in the Caribbean , I saw a sign ‘ Ottways ’ Funeral Home on the carrenage just a few yards from the sea , I decided to enquire . |
| 10 | The Egyptians are asking for Cleopatra 's Needle , the great granite obelisk of 1500 BC which stands on the Thames embankment just a few yards from the Savoy . |
| 11 | He asked Charlie to gather the section together a few yards behind the line so he could address them . |
| 12 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
| 13 | The foul was committed with the referee only a few yards away and a red card was the inevitable punishment . |
| 14 | The foul was committed with the referee only a few yards away and a red card was inevitable . |
| 15 | The result was the car was found parked half on the footpath just a few yards away . |