Example sentences of "only [art] [det] feet [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it . |
| 2 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A cupboard in the cell was moved aside to reveal the rope and the trap only a few feet away beyond an open door . |
| 5 | Space and depth are easily confused ; an animal 20 yards down may appear to be only a few feet away , and in following it down to get a closer look , a diver may suddenly find himself well past prescribed diving depths . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , when Beth was only a few feet away , Matthew raised his head and his eyes met hers . |
| 7 | It was a gloomy room , with one small window that let in hardly any light , as it faced another building only a few feet away . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | London , meditated Dexter — so many people crammed together , yet knowing so little about the others standing only a few feet away . |
| 10 | Once it had been on the top deck of a multistorey car park in town , with shoppers passing only a few feet away on the other side of a layer of tinted glass , and she 'd felt like a tight-fitting skin over a multiple explosion that was sounding off again and again and again . |
| 11 | He felt like some programmed thing with a piece of its instructions missing , battering itself repeatedly against the same piece of wall while a door stood open only a few feet away . |
| 12 | Julius walked forward until he was standing only a few feet away . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The thin basal member of the Trias , only a few feet thick , can be found all round the Alpine chain . |
| 15 | But the spit at Pellestrina , which is only a few feet high , is vulnerable to being breached , the experts believe a 12km long perched beach could provide the answer . |
| 16 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 17 | With a screech , the car began to slow as the brakes were applied , and Richmann could clearly see the startled faces of the occupants as it slewed to a halt only a few feet ahead . |
| 18 | In the mist , Giles could see only a few feet ahead , so he moved very carefully . |
| 19 | Whether you are perceiving the planet from only a few feet up or from around the lofty peaks of mountains and hillsides , excellent sight ( or sonar ) is almost a prerequisite : there are hosts of obstacles to circumnavigate and far distances to discern if you travel by air ! |
| 20 | Today the surface of the peat fens lies only a few feet above or below sea-level . |
| 21 | In the twilight the water , gushing and frothing , looked a long way down but the sound it made felt only a few feet below . |
| 22 | On the other hand , among the general clutter , only a few feet off , I could see the upturned keel of an old clinker-built rowing boat . |