Sentence examples for by about three feet from inspiring English sources

His average speed was 37.32 k.p.h., the same as that of the winner, who beat him by about three feet.

Jeff Ihaksi, the course builder, raised the jump by about 30 centimeters and lengthened it by about three feet.

He did, but it tailed inside, and Valentin belted it off the left-field fence, missing a homer by about three feet.

One out later, Barry Bonds singled high off the right-field wall -- missing a game-ending homer by about three feet -- and sent Snow to third.

The first good satellite view of the aftermath of Nepal's April 25 earthquakereveals that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted by about three feet, which could explain why damage in the city was so severe.

Somehow this eight-year-old boy missed the toilet by about three feet and was standing there, pantsless, pointing at a turd on the floor.

The dress also grows by about ten feet in height and catches on fire.

In addition, the younger Mr. Botsford said, "We lifted the house off the ground" by about four feet "to help the breeze flow around the house".

He said: "All I saw was these huge rocks coming down, going through a number of roofs, into the fields next to us, one bouncing off the top of the car by about five foot, so it was quite terrifying.

The ramp is enclosed by cinder-block walls, about three feet high.

Cargo was carried in a box about three feet by four feet (0.9 m by 1.2 m), with 8 inch (0.2 m) walls.