He marked for his own a tree growing at the roadside, a few short yards off.
Wagner (7-1) had 569 total yards, 3 short of the school record.
He waved to them and the four joined up a few yards short of the briefing shack.
Then she rode forward and reined up five yards short of the bottom step.
He stopped a few yards short of them, and his half mouth moved in something that might have been a smile.
Ten yards short of the nearest trees, in an open area, Heller suddenly stopped!
Over Donna's shoulder, he had a clear view of the street, only a few short yards away from their table.
"Thirty yards short but the fuse burst it only four or five feet above the ground."
He couldn't let them escape him now, when the whole universe was in his grasp-a few short yards away.
The autogyro rolled forward a few short yards and stopped.