Example sentences of "stand [art] few [noun] away " in BNC.

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1 He sits behind a desk and you stand a few feet away with a screw facing you really close on either side .
2 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 .
3 Standing a few feet away , with a glass in his hand , was their host .
4 " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away .
5 She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet .
6 Benjamin was standing a few yards away from the church , the ladder still in his hand .
7 When Agnes had retrieved the paperback book she had ‘ forgotten ’ in her booth and reached the street Maxim was standing a few yards away studying the map in a pocket guide of Washington .
8 Startled , she glanced back to find a man clad in the scarlet overalls and white crash helmet of a driver standing a few yards away .
9 The Dane stood a few feet away from her , shuffling his feet .
10 I stood a few yards away from him , my sandalled feet feeling the mossy lawn underneath , — and then he opened his eyes .
11 ‘ Trouble with this door , ’ Deuce explained to Nicholas , who stood a few paces away sipping his champagne too quickly and ignoring the come-on of one of the dancing youths .
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