Sentence examples for left metres from inspiring English sources

The flaming plane ploughed into a valley, its tail severed, and left metres of burnt gouged-out ground in its wake.

The bombers could not find a parking space near the intended target of the courthouse, and the car was left 400 metres away.

The £3m Victorian villa belonging to the former RBS chief executive in the well-heeled suburb of Morningside was left with metre-wide holes in four ground-floor windows after an unknown number of attackers struck at 4.35am.

So far the company has replaced 22 metres of broken sewer with new piping, with another 17 metres left.

Four people suffered serious leg injuries and were left suspended eight metres off the ground for several hours after a collision between two carriages on a rollercoaster at Alton Towers amusement park.

'I drummed it into my noodle that I would keep out of trouble,' Brasher later said, 'and then let rip with 300 metres left.' He did so, sprinting clear on the last lap but elbowing a competitor as he overtook.

He and the 25-year-old Coode maintained their lead through the halfway mark, but with about 300 metres left the attacks started to come, most devastatingly from the French.

You cross the bridge from Germany into Luxembourg, turn left, and 300 metres on you're in France – three countries in about three minutes, and not a police officer in sight.

The Belgian burst clear of the pack with around 400 metres left as they climbed to the finish at Vicenza in pouring rain after a 190 kilometre stage from Imola.

Two bombs found close to an Army Reserve centre in Londonderry were left about 20 metres from nearby homes.

The 22-year-old, who trains at the University of Bath, moved to the front after the first lap but was overtaken by Russian duo Evgenii Shvetcov, who won gold, and Artem Arefyev with 150 metres left.