Example sentences of "[adv] be [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would only be for a few days , of course . |
| 2 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 3 | If we assume that our kind of beings will still be around a few millennia hence , I feel certain that the nineteenth century will mainly be remembered as the century when Maxwell formulated his equations . |
| 4 | what your look , same with your letter forage , I think mostly we were taught letter formation , which we have n't been for a few years now |
| 5 | Has n't been for a few years . |
| 6 | Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all . |