Example sentences of "[verb] be [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built in 876 , and those ancient parts of the church that remain are among the few fragments from that time that still exist , not only in Milan , but also in Lombardy . |
| 2 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 3 | Eventually ( it would later be established it must have been within a few minutes of six-thirty ) the car slowed to a halt . |
| 4 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
| 5 | And you know we 've been to a few caravans |
| 6 | What I mean by that is , when you get back to your branches , you will go onto further training programmes in branch training , developing your practice training , so each branch will vary how they sort of co-ordinate this , but let's say , we 've been in a few months now , and twice a week we 've got to go in for training . |
| 7 | In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’ |
| 8 | The most that was achieved was in a few examples of new highway construction ( in London the long-standing schemes of the Great West Road and the North Circular came to fruition ) ; and in the bigger cities , there were road-widening schemes , some stretches of dual carriageway and the occasional new project ( such as the Headrow in Leeds linked to redevelopment ) and some spectacular new projects ( such as the new suspension bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle and the Mersey Tunnel at Liverpool/Birkenhead ) . |
| 9 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 10 | Bloody film star he ought to be , not a and he you see him on the television , he 's been on a few times at night ! |
| 11 | Tom 's been around a few years now . |
| 12 | He 's been in a few things . |
| 13 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
| 14 | It looks as though it 's been in a few scrapes before . ’ |