Example sentences of "[pron] [is] a few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sandy Lee 's mother , Siobhan Gilmore , her two youngest children , three-year-old Tamara and Deborah , who is a few months old , and Siobhan 's sister , Tanya , were taken to the Waveney Hospital suffering from shock and smoke inhalation .
2 But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old .
3 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
4 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
5 Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use .
6 If we consider an ordinary tree , by the time it is a few years old it has usually acquired a number of little branches , coming out more or less horizontally from the main stem or trunk .
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