Example sentences of "[art] few yard " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 2 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 3 | She was heavily veiled and masked to walk the few yards to the women 's dining majlis , which was , of course , in the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 4 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 5 | Early in 1983 the new Bomber Command Hall extension had been completed and Sugar was moved the few yards to take pride of place at the entrance to the exhibition , where she still is today . |
| 6 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |
| 7 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 8 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 9 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 10 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , it wo n't matter for the few yards back to the cottage … ’ |
| 12 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 13 | Gianni and Ursula leapt on just as the doors were closing , but Monique , who was now a few yards behind them and whose movements were hampered anyway by her arthritis , was left standing there as the train moved out . |
| 14 | In one instance , a young pilot started a launch with another glider standing only a few yards to the side and just ahead of the take-off point . |
| 15 | Beware of snow showers , because they can reduce visibility to a few yards , making a safe landing impossible . |
| 16 | This is a matter of constantly exploring out a few yards on almost every circle to try to find the best possible area of lift . |
| 17 | ‘ Balls ’ was the next word she came across , a few yards further on . |
| 18 | It seemed all over in the 63rd minute when Clough , a few yards outside the penalty area , volleyed a headed clearance instantly into the roof of the net before Hardwick could move a muscle . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The explosions seemed just a few yards away . |
| 21 | We loaded the first two into the trailer , and were heading a few yards further on to pick up a third canister when we noticed that the enemy fire was now being directed at our part of the cornfield . |
| 22 | A jeep entered the orchard and stopped a few yards away . |
| 23 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 24 | They both soon scattered when a mortar bomb burst at the entrance to the orchard , sending shrapnel whistling through the trees and thudding into the walls of the little cottage just a few yards away . |
| 25 | The two bodies were lying face down on the grass a few yards apart . |
| 26 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | As I entered the orchard , a few yards from the entrance the farmer was tending to two badly wounded cows . |
| 29 | A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road . |
| 30 | Suddenly there was the unmistakable swish of a mortar bomb , then the explosion a few yards away . |