Example sentences of "[noun] [be] only [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't you realise that the enemy are only a few yards from these positions ? |
| 2 | Evidence of this can be seen in the surprising number of items surviving from the late 19th and early 20th centuries , which one could be forgiven for thinking were only a few decades old . |
| 3 | All the assassin had to do was take the piece of thread as I did , pull it very slowly , which hardly makes a sound , and murder is only a few seconds away . |
| 4 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 5 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
| 6 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 7 | In the first draft of this book , I left out any description of the young women speaking , and the introduction to each chapter was only a few lines . |
| 8 | The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance . |
| 9 | However , the altitude range is only a few kilometres , and therefore with a few exceptions the major condensate on view may be ammonia in all regions . |
| 10 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |
| 11 | It seemed as if the Führer was right yet again , and that the end of the Russian campaign was only a few weeks away . |
| 12 | Remember that most adult gall insects are only a few millimetres long and only one or two millimetres wide . |
| 13 | Bernice glanced over her shoulder and was relieved to see that Francis and Elaine were only a few metres behind her . |
| 14 | Selling the piano was only a few months into the marriage . |
| 15 | The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it . |
| 16 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 17 | In some places the peat was only a few feet deep whereas in others it went down several yards . |
| 18 | A glass or plastic one measuring about 18″ × 10″ × 10″ will hold 50 or so full-grown ones : often a single nettle head collected when the caterpillars are only a few days old will contain at least that many . |
| 19 | The chicks are only a few days old , but these parents are obviously more relaxed with them than the Barnys were with any of their offspring . ( ) |
| 20 | ‘ These figures are only a few weeks old . |
| 21 | Every time he went into one of those phone-booths , he had a mental image of something going wrong , of a faster-than-usual trace , of a plain-clothes policeman being only a few yards away , taking the alarm on his personal radio and walking up to the phone-booth . |
| 22 | The opening to the organ is only a few millimetres in diameter , and so it acts rather like a pin-hole camera , but one that focuses infra-red heat radiation instead of light . |
| 23 | ‘ The police station is only a few minutes walk away . ’ |
| 24 | The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she did n't give them a thought . |
| 25 | The full extent of this system is yet to be established , but the gouffre Pierre-Saint-Martin is only a few miles as the Pyrenean crow flies from the Gorges de Kakouetta and forms part of the one vast hydrological network . |
| 26 | Put a scrap of newspaper on the block or box and lower the strip until the drop is only a few millimetres above the paper . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , when Beth was only a few feet away , Matthew raised his head and his eyes met hers . |
| 28 | Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station . |
| 29 | The creature was only a few metres away now . |
| 30 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |