Example sentences of "few [noun pl] away from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours . |
| 2 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 3 | At Godstowe Priory Dame Frances was only a few minutes away from death . |
| 4 | Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub . |
| 5 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to spend a few hours away from the house , ’ Julius suggested , before she had time to stalk off . |
| 7 | Perhaps a few hours away from here would cure the feeling of claustrophobia that was beginning to creep over her . |
| 8 | Dr Ali moved a few paces away from him . |
| 9 | I am sure our guide had this well planned , because we were only a few steps away from a group of rockhopper penguins ! |
| 10 | Situated directly on the promenade and only a few steps away from the boat departure point , this beautiful art-nouveau building has been lovingly restored to combine the old style will all the comforts of a modern hotel . |
| 11 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 12 | Then , of course , as you so rightly mentioned , there 's the matter of my air-conditioning unit , ’ he continued smoothly , taking a few steps away from her to slide open the door of the large built-in wardrobe to produce a maroon silk dressing-gown , which he gravely handed over to her , before finding a similar garment , this time in striped towelling , for himself . |
| 13 | The exact words , er I ca n't recall but er I talked the man out of the bed , still with his hands up and he took a few steps away from the bed . |
| 14 | Suddenly restless , she rose to her feet and walked a few steps away from him , resting her elbows on the garden gate as she looked far away into the empty distance . |
| 15 | Ten single decker buses currently in service in the county are just a few months away from their 20th birthdays and there are still three 1973-registered double deckers trundling around Durham . |
| 16 | One scene among many that captures the ironic mix of commonplace and macabre has two kids battling over a football , just a few feet away from a dead body . |
| 17 | There were opportunities to flirt with other passengers , moments when young American women returning from a long tour left mothers and aunts below deck , and , standing a few feet away from Edward , they stared out at the Atlantic . |
| 18 | It was a buffalo , one of Africa 's most unpredictable and dangerous animals , out of sight but just a few feet away from where we were standing . |
| 19 | Trevor Francis , the Queen 's Park Rangers manager , sat a few feet away from Malmo 's Bobby Houghton , other shadier characters scouting for the wealth blended happily into the background . |
| 20 | One of the Maguire girls Ellie or Molly , I think it was Molly , they were all fine looking , tall women — came out to do her morning business and hunkered down under an apple tree a few feet away from Eddie . |
| 21 | Everyone engaged on an escape scheme enjoyed the furtiveness necessary for good security : the concealment of tell-tale evidence under coats a few feet away from unsuspecting sentries , the private knowledge kept from other members of the hut . |
| 22 | For is this not how such a story should begin , with the cliché of the poor and disenfranchised of the earth , huddling for warmth just a few feet away from champagne-swilling plutocrats glorying in their ascendancy ? |
| 23 | As she stopped a few feet away from them she saw that his cap had been knocked some distance from where he lay and the force of the blow , which had thrown him through the air , had dislodged his fountain pen from his pocket . |
| 24 | Then there was Steffi Graf , my favourite player , just a few feet away from me . |
| 25 | She was only a few feet away from the buffer when a rat darted in front of her , and although she jerked her head back sharply its wet tail brushed against her cheek as it disappeared into a gap between the two lengths of corroded track . |
| 26 | The Dane stood a few feet away from her , shuffling his feet . |
| 27 | To Joseph 's delight the Resident Superior led his entourage to the very front of the audience chamber and the American boy found himself standing only a few feet away from the throne where the Emperor Khai Dinh , a slender , almost feminine figure , sat swathed in a golden robe of richly embroidered silk . |
| 28 | Susan found it , dented and with loose jewels , a few feet away from the corpse . |
| 29 | The excitement that was building up inside her had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton was probably just a few feet away from her , she told herself as she tried desperately hard to try and disentangle from the different voices one she hoped to recognise . |
| 30 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |