Example sentences of "five metres from " in BNC.

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1 Then , five metres from the line , I felt a twinge in my hamstring .
2 With the exception of one line-out five metres from the Braintree goal line , where McDonald plucked the ball from the air to enable Mark Wadforth to make a pressure kick to reverse the attack , it was the visitors who were on top .
3 An interesting point of law occurred during the test when New Zealand scored their first try through no.8 Zinzan Brooke following the award of a penalty five metres from the home goalline .
4 If the penalty award is five metres from the goal-line , as in this case , then defending players must be standing on the goal-line when the kick is taken if they wish legally to prevent a try being scored .
5 If they are not on the goal-line five metres from the mark when the kick is taken and they then illegally prevent a try being scored the referee 's decision would be the award of a penalty try .
6 ‘ What kept you , Daak ? ’ she yelled , still five metres from the speeder .
7 It appeared behind a clump of dead plants , ran over and stopped five metres from them .
8 it 's twenty five metres from and back , I say seventy five at the most no fif , I 'll say sixty
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