There, against the wall, he stood a scant yard from the sweeping arms of the big robot.

At last the little machine was directly beneath them, and a scant hundred yards away.

Here he'd almost given up hope of finding her again and now she was only scant yards away.

Gary knew they were scant yards from the trapped enemy.

Judging from the sound of the guns, we were separated by a scant hundred yards.

There seemed to be someone a scant thirty yards from her shchering rock.

He stopped, a few scant yards from the corner.

Below ground level the limit of visibility was a scant few yards.

The dog landed in the lane a scant few yards away.

We were now nearly abreast and a scant hundred yards away.