Example sentences of "only a [adj] feet [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It responded slowly , now only a hundred feet below the Ilyushin . |
| 2 | The pilots in the airliner above were unaware of the drama being enacted only a hundred feet below them . |
| 3 | For the programme pick-up , Basil Hilton and Tony Geluch were using a single condenser microphone suspended centre stage and only a few feet above the conductor 's podium . |
| 4 | The wind was easterly so they would be returning over our heads onto the main runway , and as the aircraft started to come back they seemed to be only a few feet above us , touching down after they crossed the far hedge . |
| 5 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 6 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 7 | ‘ We encountered a baby common dolphin trapped only a few feet from the surface , its beak and tall flipper hopelessly wrapped in layer upon layer of nylon mesh . |
| 8 | Only a few feet from the side of the ship a sucking swirl dimpled the water ominously . |
| 9 | The main problem in Preston today is the traffic , especially along the Main Street , and the church 's foundations must be suffering , as the tower is only a few feet from a sharp bend in the street . |
| 10 | In fact they have to be trained — starting with distances of only a few feet from , and within sight of , the loft . |
| 11 | He sat only a few feet from the screen , perched on the edge of the bed , a study in confusion and misery . |