Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Smith himself was for a few years a tutor at Christ Church , but in 1795 he resigned his studentship to become incumbent of Daventry ( a Christ Church living ) , returning to Christ Church as a canon in 1807 .
2 When she was within a few feet of the ground , the cat leapt from her and rubbed itself against its mistress 's legs .
3 Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole .
4 They drew down to the back of the hummock which remained an ivy-grown tump until they were within a few paces and could see rough-hewn timber planks behind it .
5 They set off quite cheerily , but when they were within a few miles of the tarmac coast road , the truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch .
6 But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project .
7 It 's worth a few days observation . ’
8 ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly .
9 He 's from a few miles away , near Natron .
10 One minute there he was with a few scraps of grey hair plastered across his scalp — the next he looks like a prizewinner at Cruft 's Dog Show .
11 The second man ducked back around the corner and Maxim backed off crouching and aiming until he was within a few metres of the cross-street .
12 Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination .
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