Example sentences of "forward a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 2 | The car in front moves forward a few yards , but when Robyn inches forward in turn the young man lays a restraining hand on the Renault 's wing . |
| 3 | ‘ Can you just come forward a few steps ? |
| 4 | The train moved forward a few yards and stopped . |
| 5 | So she eased the car forward a few inches more — but forgot to take off the lock . |
| 6 | She kept trying to pull herself up , but she could n't get further than lifting her head forward a few inches . |
| 7 | They heard one of the Arabs get out and moments later a metal gate was opened and the van drove forward a few feet before stopping again , presumably to pick up the Arab . |
| 8 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 9 | The horse jumped forward a few paces with his limbs bunched up and then , holding himself for a brief moment in a static rear , galloped off in sheer terror down the path . |
| 10 | Madrid and the road to Valencia remained in Republican hands , but the Nationalists had pushed the front line forward a few kilometres and were dangerously close to the Madrid-Valencia road . |
| 11 | This waiting was the worst part , creeping forward a few feet every twenty minutes . |
| 12 | It was brilliantly sunny , as though summer had leapt forward a few months . |
| 13 | Thus only cause seems appropriate in the uses given below : ( 142 ) … moved the governor 's race forward a few months , causing the campaigning to get started earlier than usual . |
| 14 | After that you 'd think that Cov would man-mark Wallace out of the game and throw forward a few players . |
| 15 | At midday , the German assault waves appeared out of their holes , bayonets fixed ; ‘ They ran forward a few metres , then under the tac-tac of our machine gun , collapsed … . |