We were about thirty yards from the Germans 'trench.    From Wordnik.com.  [Private Peat] Reference

I live about 200 yards from the Boxcar and I run this web site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living in Dryden: Railroad Drinking] Reference

We were to dig an advanced trench two hundred yards from the Germans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the Top] Reference

It's a big year for politics, and signs have been in yards for months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living in Dryden: Flags not included] Reference

But how many times did the defense put us 25 yards from the goal line?.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Big game demands big plays] Reference

The unit finished first in yards and points allowed in the AFL in 1969.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chiefs were the toast of the AFL ... after they left Dallas] Reference

The policeman was at least 100 yards from the French president's plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2008] Reference

The record for most rookie running backs to rush for 1,000 yards is three.    From Wordnik.com.  [Upon Further Review: Rookie RBs lead the way] Reference

'We were about 200 yards from the animal when it started to move,' he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

Three hundred yards is now 330, and there's probably another 6% to 10% left.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Next change: Whole new ballgame] Reference

Bucs receiver to reach the century mark in yards through the first four games.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL - National Football League - Tampa Bay vs. Cincinnati] Reference

Eighteen: Refers to the penalty box line, which is 18 yards from the goal line.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - World Cup glossary of terms] Reference

Just 30 yards from the American-built highway, we were entering Taliban country.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Torch] Reference

McNabb set career highs in yards, touchdowns, completion percentage and QB rating.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - West Coast pedigree makes Shurmur a sure thing] Reference

The second, column gives the altitude in English yards above the level of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Nicklaus 'tee shot landed in the center of the fairway, some 230 yards from the pin.    From Wordnik.com.  [USA TODAY Latest news] Reference

Toomer's 204 yards is the third highest single-game receiving total in team history.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL - National Football League - N.Y. Giants vs. Indianapolis] Reference

Across their front, about a hundred and fifty yards from the German lines, there ran.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Man's Land] Reference

From a support trench, about 600 yards from the German lines, he had observed the gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

He was tackled about five yards from the pin by two stewards who tried to cover him up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday, July 21] Reference

Men were sent out with dummy figures to a nullah about 300 yards from the Turkish line.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

No bounty was hereafter to be allowed to vessels built in Italian yards for foreigners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Ship Subsidies] Reference

The Austrian trenches were above on the hillside only a few yards from the Italian lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Farewell To Arms]

Houston's 485 yards is a franchise best and it was Schaub's second straight 300-yard game.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

He led the league in yards from scrimmage a record four consecutive years from 1989 to 1992.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2007 inductees] Reference

When but fifteen yards from the English line, a stream of fire ran along this, from end to end.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire] Reference

The Bucs bought into it and eventually led the league in yards (252.8) and points (196) allowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Bucs coach Gruden's energy contagious] Reference

It was ranked 29th in yards allowed and tied for last in the NFL with a minus-17 turnover margin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broncos fire longtime head coach Mike Shanahan] Reference

One body was found in a stream, another in a pond and a third in the woods, about 30 yards from a road.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desperation, Desolation] Reference

He is an excellent receiver who is especially impressive in yards-after-catch (he totaled 1,260 receiving yards in 2007).    From Wordnik.com.  [Any prize catches? Inside the draft's WR corps] Reference

Miami, which managed only seven first downs and 190 total yards, is likely headed to the Peach Bowl to face in-state rival.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

His drive landed 257 yards from the green, and he hit a 3-wood that landed in front of the green and rolled into the hole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Course favors rookies at John Deere Classic] Reference

His 59% career completion rate from more than 50 yards is well above the league average of 43% from that distance in 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best kicker ever? Vinatieri gets leg up in NFL rankings] Reference

No. 4, 447 yards, par 4: The drive should land on the plateau about 200 yards from the green; beyond that will be a downhill lie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hole descriptions] Reference

We had a pair of Great Grays who nested about 200 yards from the house, despite all the “experts” who said they were an Arctic species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Anti-Immigrant Leader’s Bodyguard Reportedly Assaulted Mimes Who Were Blowing ‘Hateful Whistles’ At DC Rally] Reference