Example sentences of "no [adj] than [art] foot " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very fast , shallow water , often no more than a foot deep , is the place to fish for summer chub . |
| 2 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 3 | Standing no more than a foot high , they seldom leave their subterranean homes , for exposure to sunlight will turn them to stone . |
| 4 | They slip and slide against each other — somewhat ponderously , since they proceed at no more than a foot a year and sometimes a great deal less . |
| 5 | Old Sprout , the greengrocer , banging the door behind him as he comes out of his shop , loosens half a card-load of snow , which skids off his roof and pancakes on the pavement , missing his head by no more than a foot . |
| 6 | And then , with his face no more than a foot from her own , she saw what was wedged in his mouth . |
| 7 | Donna kept on walking , aware that her two unwanted attendants were no more than a foot or so behind her . |
| 8 | It could be no more than a foot wide . |
| 9 | To the rapid , repetitive beat two glistening bodies were contorting themselves into an impossible position , their backs horizontal to the floor and no more than a foot from it . |