Example sentences of "foot [coord] so [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was only by craning his neck to a painful degree that he saw that he was suspended in mid-air , a foot or so above the sea .
2 The hole extended a foot or so above the level of the ceiling , and then ended .
3 Dreadnought 's deck was still a foot or so above the tide .
4 When the water has almost filled the hole , to perhaps a foot or so below the top , there is an audible pause in the proceedings .
5 And in the middle of the slanting span , circling upon a radius of about three yards , and light enough to maintain its place a foot or so below the surface , something pale and oval went monotonously round and round .
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