Example sentences of "few inches [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perfectly simple to extract a coin or other small object buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole . |
| 2 | For a sickening moment he swung wildly on the rope and one of his feet slipped a few inches down the wall . |
| 3 | The bundle she had disturbed eddied a few inches into the deeper water and as Wexford watched , a thin pale hand , lifeless as the agate-veined stones , rose slowly from the sodden cloth , its fingers hanging yet pointing towards him . |
| 4 | Place a sheet of fine netting a few inches above cabbages and brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies away . |
| 5 | Entering the shielded room , the physician will place both hands a few inches above the disturbed area in the patient 's energy field , and begin to ‘ tune in ’ and resonate biomagnetic energy field patterns in unison with the patient . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't believe you know Maximilian Keller , ’ the big man said , making introduction gestures awkwardly a few inches above the surface of the sea , ‘ and Jo-Ann Sills . |
| 7 | They flow , carried along by the current , a few inches above the bottom . |
| 8 | On one occasion when our boys were returning in the basket lift , which was the only way of reaching the top platform of a rig from sea level , the crane driver had temporarily suspended out crew a few inches above the water in mock punishment for their temerity in fining him . |
| 9 | Her cloak of Lincoln green covered a red kirtle which hung a few inches above tallow-smeared shoes . |
| 10 | When the winding extends around approximately half of the core cut off the end , leaving a few inches of spare wire and tape the wire down temporarily . |
| 11 | It was lightly teased into the top few inches of soil , after rain , to top up the fertility and to ensure that there are banked reserves to see crops through their long winter haul . |
| 12 | Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method . |
| 13 | Below and above him were overhangs ; he had lost all his equipment ; the few inches of rock beneath his feet threatened to crumble away ; a blizzard tore at him constantly ; his situation was entirely hopeless . |
| 14 | Eventually the snow was so deep that it filled in all the fields with only the top few inches of the wall sticking out . |
| 15 | The ‘ chute is then pulled into a sausage , with that extra line from the release pin passing through the vent and down the parachute , leaving a few inches of line to spare . |
| 16 | All for a few inches of bloody zipper ! |
| 17 | Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds . |
| 18 | An extended duct is available to accommodate the extra few inches of depth created by a cavity wall |
| 19 | COLIN Jackson was within a few inches of Olympic disaster last night in his bid for the 110 metres hurdles crown . |
| 20 | All they have to do is erase the magical circle , which they can do simply by rubbing out a few inches of the chalk with a rag or cloth . |
| 21 | Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home . |
| 22 | Grey breath in the air , snowmen on the heath , pub bores droning on about how typical it is that a few inches of snow throws the whole country into chaos when the Swiss handle metres of the stuff without missing a beat . |
| 23 | They were buried in mass graves , the corpses piled one on top of the other under a few inches of soil . |
| 24 | A Thames barge has no keel and is afloat in the first few inches of shoal water . |
| 25 | The decanter , diminished by Timothy Gedge , still contained a few inches of amber liquid . |
| 26 | By the time Folly opened her eyes , Luke 's lips were on hers , and all she could see was a few inches of gold-shadowed cheek and an ear . |
| 27 | Because people had seen the recorder being switched off , they ignored the microphones , leaving them within a few inches of their mouths , thus enabling us to record conversation of superb acoustic quality . |
| 28 | The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake . |
| 29 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 30 | Luke smiled again , reaching across the few inches of space Fran had managed to leave between them to catch her hand and raise it to his lips as he pressed a lovingly tender kiss to her fingertips . |