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

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1 Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know .
2 When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion .
3 ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 When it 's , when the , when everything 's done and that , there 's a few things that
7 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
8 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
9 Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use .
10 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 .
11 ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . )
12 Now 43 , he 's a few years older than Super Mario who made his screen debut in a 1980 arcade game .
13 He 's a few years older than I am and was already one of the most respected members of the Weighing Room when we became friends .
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