Sentence examples for a yard of a from inspiring English sources

McNair reached two A.F.C. championship games, and he guided his team to within a yard of a tying touchdown in the final seconds of a Super Bowl.

I wish I had some great anecdote about the moment, at the end of my freshman year, when I finally decided to pare it back to shrub length, like that it caught on fire one night when I accidentally got within a yard of a tall candle.

"There were four of us", he said, "watching a yard of a house after the fight.

Fisher coached a team that came within a yard of a potential Super Bowl win, but his dramatic and entertaining moments are collecting dust, and that also won't play in Los Angeles.

For materials, you'll need about a yard of a pretty fabric; two yards of ribbon to go with it; matching thread; ability to sew or use a sewing machine.

OUTDOOR SPACE: The house has a yard of over an acre, heavily wooded with oaks and hickories.

She may use a yard of it -- or perhaps even a yard of the Scalamandre -- to cover the throw pillows.

James McAvoy's character, Charles Xavier, is filmed downing a yard of ale in an Oxford pub.

Lost a yard of pace but still a world-class bowler.

We spent a day trying to clear a yard of overgrown grasses.

The striker made himself a yard of space and swept an emphatic finish into the far corner.