Example sentences of "a [adj] inches " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | However , unless I want junk food from one of the many establishments purveying it in this thoroughly commercialised station , all I have available to sit on in the huge concourse is a grubby metal flip-up slat a few inches wide . |
| 3 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
| 4 | The water pours on until a few inches has collected in the bottom . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He raised his hand to his mouth in a gesture of dismay and held it suspended there a few inches from his face . |
| 7 | Even the Euro-sceptical Mr Lamont has shifted the official line on EMU a few inches . |
| 8 | Thus , if the goal is for your dog to eat in the car rather than the kitchen , in preparation for a long journey , move its dish a few inches a day towards the car , and then into the car . |
| 9 | Place a sheet of fine netting a few inches above cabbages and brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies away . |
| 10 | Cut the rootstock back to a few inches high . |
| 11 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 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 | For stomach curls you lie on your back on the floor , bend your knees upwards slightly ( while keeping your feet on the floor ) , then lift your head and shoulders a few inches off the floor ( do not use your hands or arms to support your weight ) . |
| 14 | There are many delightful alpines with a height and spread of just a few inches . |
| 15 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 16 | Later vehicles have a braided earth lead running to the body a few inches from the motor . |
| 17 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
| 18 | However , unknown to Lee , under his ball were bramble runners , so that when he came down to it , his hand got turned and he only moved the ball a few inches . |
| 19 | Bernhard Langer got the first blow in by hitting a great second shot over the Swilcan Burn at the first hole to only a few inches , about a foot I guess , and birdied to go one nearer the lead . |
| 20 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 21 | Yet again , a big , comparatively heavy bait such as a lobworm , on a clean bottom may require only a few inches , for the sheer weight of this bait means the bream has to position himself quite close to it for the suck to be effective . |
| 22 | If the bottom is not too weedy I constantly twitch the bait along the bottom a few inches at a time . |
| 23 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 24 | A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike . |
| 25 | The pendulum consists of a weight on the end of a piece of string , thread or chain usually a few inches long . |
| 26 | In the course of filling his lungs he felt as if he were rising a few inches off the ground . |
| 27 | Secondary double-glazing involves the fitting of a wooden or plastic frame a few inches inside your existing window and slotting in sliding panes of glass or non-glass . |
| 28 | If the hole is a shallow one , it could be as little as a few inches beneath the surface . |
| 29 | He heard himself , it sounded like a door opening somewhere inside him , it was an old door , it had been stuck for years , you had to heave on it , you needed all your strength , and then it gave a few inches , and cried out as it gave . |
| 30 | While Sergeant Bird was in the lecture hall , Montgomery walked over to one of the other statuettes and lifted it a few inches . |