Example sentences of "[vb past] some distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in the custody of the court beadle who lived some distance away . |
| 2 | The guide would be particularly useful to people who lived some distance away and who needed to find out if a visit to the record office would be helpful . |
| 3 | The food was described as tasteless and monotonous , and often cold by the time it reached people housed some distance from the kitchens . |
| 4 | We stopped some distance from the bank and as we put up our rods , Stan explained the plan : ‘ Bruce , do you see that headland , over there , to the right ? |
| 5 | The pilot baled out into the sea , while the aircraft crashed some distance off Delimara Point . |
| 6 | As they drove away from the cemetery she spotted the clapped-out van belonging to Anna 's boyfriend parked some distance from the gates , a large CND symbol painted on its side . |
| 7 | A mortar bomb exploded some distance away . |
| 8 | Then he landed some distance off and stared at her . |
| 9 | Nicolaus then arranged a central group of toxic green eggs , surrounded some distance away , by a selection of non-toxic green and white eggs . |
| 10 | A man followed some distance behind her , keeping to the darkest shadows . |
| 11 | Sea fish would be caught all around the coast and estuaries , perhaps for most of the year , and traded some distance inland . |
| 12 | He was ashamed of going to their usual practitioner , and went some distance away to a physician in Westminster , stepping past the beggars who lay about the pavement , demanding alms . |
| 13 | The black construct before her split , spun into a thin loop , fleshed into a globe , flipped inside out to reveal a hovering pink mass , which detached itself from the main bulk and drifted some distance away . |
| 14 | Across the gardens the river was wide , flat and moonlit , crossed some distance to the east by a railway bridge . |
| 15 | There was the glance over the shoulder now and again to make sure they kept some distance between them and the white proletariat which erupted in new housing estates , bringing property values down . |
| 16 | ‘ Remote storage ’ describes a closed access building located some distance from the main library . |
| 17 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 18 | Jonathan Webb ran some distance to offer his expertise as a surgeon . |