Example sentences of "a [noun] a few yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the sundial there were a few trees , some of them in flower : a small path led into their deceptive shallow depths , and there , in a hollow a few yards from a high brick wall that bordered the garden , stood a sculpture . |
| 2 | Twenty-third July — sitting under a tree a few yards from my slit trench writing a letter to my parents in Glasgow . |
| 3 | Jolted out of these memories , he was startled by a movement a few yards ahead , along the jetty . |
| 4 | Once , he galloped straight towards them but came to a stop a few yards away , rearing on his hind legs before continuing his wild circling . |
| 5 | A reporter a few yards ahead of Dexter turned to his colleague and murmured , ‘ Christ , she 's tight-arsed , is n't she ? |
| 6 | There was no smile on his face now , however , as he stepped out of the site of the Reconciliation — known euphemistically as the Retreat — to find Dowd sitting perched on a shooting-stick a few yards from the door . |