1. Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. 

2. An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 

3. The curtains were an inch too short.

4. Like sunlight penetrates every inch of skin feeling faint.

5. Sow the seeds one inch deep in the soil.

6. He escaped death by an inch.

7. The car won't budge an inch.

8. Don't you think that her jacket wants an inch or so of the proper length?

9. The car stopped within a fraction of an inch of the wall.

10. When the candle was only half an inch high it flickered out and the room became dark.

11. There are 2.54 centimetres to an inch.

12. Every inch of his arms and legs was ulcerated.

13. The bus just shaved me by an inch.

14. It has a tolerance of 0.001 of an inch.

15. The doctor examined every inch of his body.

16. An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long.

17. It has been taken up an inch.

18. The car moved forward inch by inch.

19. She looked every inch a vampire in her costume.

20. He looked every inch a gentleman.

21. She was within an inch of being killed.

22. She crawled forward inch by inch.

23. An inch of rain fell in an hour.

24. She shortened the skirt by an inch.

25. He looks every inch the City businessman.

26. He clawed his way forward inch by inch.

27. The new battle - ships will be armed with 16 - inch guns.

28. The car missed me by a fraction of an inch.

29. Text and graphics are printed at 300 dots per inch.

30. He's a dodgy bloke I wouldn't trust him an inch.