Example sentences of "[was/were] only [art] few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Klepner had been in and out of both Mark 's and Pat Muldoon 's offices , which were only a few yards apart , like an eager beaver . |
| 2 | By this time we were only a few yards from him and the car had almost stopped . |
| 3 | The gates were only a few yards ahead and I staggered up to them and halted among my groaning comrades . |
| 4 | He worked out there were one hundred and seventy-three different ways of getting to the library from the dining room and fifty-two different ways of getting from his dormitory to the nearest toilet , which was only a few yards from the dormitory itself . |
| 5 | She was only a few yards away . |
| 6 | It was only a few yards to the water . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was only a few yards away when the car came round the bend and hit the kerb . |
| 8 | home but it was only a few yards anyway from . |
| 9 | The dragon , carrying the weight of two men , was only a few yards above the grass . |