We gathered up our gear, and while the others were relighting the lanterns, I walked a few paces forward to the spot where Yva had been dissolved in the devouring fire.
I was anxious to go further and see what lay beyond it; indeed we did walk a few paces, twenty perhaps, onward into the recesses of the cave.
Sit down and rest," said Yva, leading us a few paces away.
But after a few paces he said to his brother, "I think I'll go now, Jack.
A few paces he made, then turning around leaned back upon the solid massive force of the wind till he could get breath.
The Seneschal looked on stolidly, a few paces distant.
The horseman had halted within a few paces of the spot where "Battista" and his companion stood, and seeing in the vilely clad Garnache a member of the Condillac household, he flung him his reins, then got down stiffly from his horse.
My mother pressed me to her throbbing heart, and at the distance of a few paces I saw my father, who was glancing anxiously around.
When he was only a few paces from me, I saw that what I had taken for a weapon was only a spade.
The unfortunate lad who led the horse a few paces before me now uttered a wild shriek, as a spear passed completely through his body.
We searched for a path, and at length discovered the original narrow route a few pacesto our left.
A few paces in front of me, my favourite sailor and fisherman, Howarti, was in the line, carrying a metal box upon his head.
They walked a few paces in silence, Colonel Talbot apparently studying how to open what he had to say; at length he addressed Edward.
He made a few paces in darkness, guided in this manner; and advancing towards a hum of voices, which seemed to sound from the centre of the rock, at an acute turn Donald Bean Lean and his whole establishment were before his eyes.
The servant, who had hitherto lingered a few paces behind, now advanced to her young mistress's side, with a significant look, as if to remind me of my promise.
When I looked up at the sky, Mannion stepped back a few paces, and pointed in the direction of the fishing-hamlet from which I had departed.
On several occasions I have unwittingly set my box within a few paces of a bee-tree and waited long for bees without getting them, when, on removing to a distant field or opening in the woods I have got a clew at once.
We step back a few paces, and sit down upon the ground so as to bring the box against the blue sky as a background.
His retreat is but a few paces from my own, in the decayed limb of an apple-tree which he excavated several autumns ago.
They may run back a few paces at our voice, but will speedily rally.
No wolves were seen until they neared the point where the two rivers unite, by which time the groups were within a few paces of each other.
Then as the door of the den opened he stepped a few paces towards it.
The next moment we heard a man plunge into the river, a few paces above us.
All at once, a few paces off, in the deep shadow of the trees, he thought that he detected the outline of a human head with a pair of glittering eyes fixed upon him.
Breulh, and Madame de Bois Arden had sworn to overreach, was within a few paces of him, and that now he should see him face to face.
Slower and slower she walked for a few paces, then turned again.
This was the most hazardous part of his adventure; every other moment he paused, lay motionless for some seconds, then crept a few paces more.
Those who had borne her withdrew, and seated themselves a few paces off.
The wall in which the well was set made a sudden bend a few paces further on, thereby forming a sort of recess, where the lovers would be free from observation, if they were to take shelter there.
The contingents from the various towns and villages formed separate battalions, each separated by a distance of a few paces.
Miette had dropped a few paces off; she was still wrapped in her large red pelisse.
As I was but a few paces behind, I had a clear, full view of the woman's countenance.
She appeared to expect an explanation of the change in his attitude, and as he volunteered none she drew him a few paces aside.
Running a few paces forward, Carroll saw what looked like a bundle of outspread garments swing round in an eddy.
Vane stepped back a few paces; the trunk reeled and rushed downward; there was a deafening crash, and they were enveloped in a cloud of gritty dust.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "few paces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
