Example sentences of "the [noun] [art] few yards " in BNC.
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1 | Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event . |
2 | A black cab drew in to the pavement a few yards ahead of them . |
3 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
4 | Miss Davison , who was standing close to the rails a few yards from me , suddenly ducked under the railings as the horses came up . |
5 | Suddenly there was the unmistakable swish of a mortar bomb , then the explosion a few yards away . |
6 | Rushing Wild 's jockey , Richard Dunwoody , gave Dwyer a pat on the back a few yards after the winning post . |
7 | The two bodies were lying face down on the grass a few yards apart . |
8 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
9 | Running on , I saw a dim shape kneeling on the ground a few yards ahead of me . |
10 | The guard glanced down the deserted street , and now caught the glimmer of moonlight on something lying in the mud a few yards away . |
11 | For days he backed the little transport box into the huge mound and went up and down the fields in lines , stopping the tractor every few yards to scatter the lime , tossing each shovelful on the wind for the white dust to be blown out over the grass . |
12 | An old tramp was sitting on a rustic seat in the sunshine a few yards away , and she saw him toss an envelope on to the grass . |
13 | Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually . |
14 | The new tunnel opened on the left a few yards from the foot of the stairs . |
15 | Sid had chosen a spot at the top of the orchard a few yards from the wall surrounding Brigade H.Q ‘ We can have two trenches with one entrance , ’ he said , ‘ Your trench there , and my trench here , ’ drawing a diagram with the point of his bayonet . |
16 | There 's no need to use it if the river 's not in spate , since you can just as easily hop over some stones in the shallows a few yards further upstream . |
17 | ‘ That 's what I was on about , Boyo , ’ Taff answered , pointing to the spot a few yards away where the mortar team had been this morning . |
18 | ‘ You 're looking less peaky , ’ he said as she came to a halt on the slope a few yards below . |