Example sentences of "only a [adj] metres away " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a group of young nuns to challenge the full authority of the Chinese state , visibly expressed by the tin-hatted martial-law troops standing guard only a hundred metres away , is an act of calculated defiance . |
| 2 | The ship 's gun BOOMED ! and the shot fell only a hundred metres away . |
| 3 | As they stared intently at a cameraman lurking on the bank , a family of mink , unnoticed peered curiously at them , from only a few metres away . |
| 4 | A beam flashed across the runway only a few metres away from the shuttle 's nose . |
| 5 | The creature was only a few metres away now . |
| 6 | The woman stopped , only a few metres away now , and exchanged a glance with Ace before turning slowly to face Defries . |
| 7 | Slightly smaller than Jeanneau 's new protégé , and displayed with considerably less ostentation only a few metres away , was the neat little Sprint designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault . |