Paces

Examples

• Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The lion was bounding along in easy leaps scarce five paces behind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He bowed again, stepped back a few paces, and withdrew his conscience from our society as politely as he had introduced it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The Khan came out from his tent about thirty paces to meet Yuan Chwang, who, after a courteous greeting, entered the tent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The man stepped forward for a few paces, followed by the two friends and their legal adviser. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The bed-chamber occupied by Mr and Mrs Flintwinch was within a few paces of that to which Mrs Clennam had been so long confined. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Riderhood was close after him, caught him up in a few paces, and walked at his side. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It went on a few paces, and stopped again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In the meantime the lion had approached with quiet dignity to within ten paces of the two men, where he stood curiously watching them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They had hurried on a few paces, when a deep church-bell struck the hour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A fire was burning under a pollard thorn a few paces off, over which three kettles hung in a row. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was still on the same side of the way; now mechanically walking forward a few paces; now stopping again absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He means to say,' said Job, advancing a few paces, 'that if he is not carried off by the fever, he will pay the money back again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Stop a minute, though, he said, wheeling round before we had gone many paces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He walked forward a few paces, still pondering, then resumed his soliloquizing in a muttered tone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Yes, there was Numa, the lion, even now, stalking the white man a dozen paces to the right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She spoke with unnecessary earnestness and agitation, and shrank back from me several paces. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Two steps to the west meant now that I was to go two paces down the stone-flagged passage, and this was the place indicated by the Ritual. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had been put through an immense variety of paces, and had answered volumes of head-breaking questions. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Before I had advanced ten paces a man approached me from the direction leading to the church. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The tall man leaped over, just there; and the Jew, running a few paces to the right, crept through that gap. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They then proceeded a few paces in silence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I hurried away a few paces, and called a hackney-chariot which was passing empty. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In a minute she drew herself together and moved softly, a fleecy brown-grey shadow, a few paces forward. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Miss Halcombe descended the steps into the shrubbery, and walked aside a few paces with the maid. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He then fell in behind me and followed about ten paces in my rear as I made my way along the deserted street. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She had loitered for a few paces as though irresolute, and making up her mind to advance; but the sound determined her, and she stepped into the hall. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Before we had taken many paces down the street beyond it, the noise of the city seemed to melt, as if by magic, into a softened distance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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