Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] just a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 We 're almost the same age , I 'm just a few months older .
2 Her mother Fran said : ‘ I can not believe we are just a few hours from going home .
3 We 're just a few miles away from the Meadowses ’ place , ’ he added , reaching forward to extract a map from the glove compartment , and tossing it on to her lap .
4 There are just a few questions and we 'll let you go back to the Vicarage .
5 There are just a few questions I 'd like to ask you .
6 In this battle , thankfully , there are just a few bruises
7 The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments .
8 Innovating new products , developing existing ones and a progressive programme of improving quality and services — they 're just a few reasons why Veka , and the people who choose Veka , will never stand still .
9 He says that although they 're just a few millimetres in size , in a year they 'll be as big as their mother .
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