Example sentences of "[pron] was a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a few yards from the sea 's shifting edge . |
| 2 | And we had erm we , there was a few changes during that time , we used to get troops coming in and occupying the classroom , and we maybe , at the very early days I can remember having to go to the Street School and also the Street Hall which belong that was a church hall . |
| 3 | It was a few feet by a few feet with a bench to sit on . |
| 4 | ‘ He thinks it was a few minutes after six . ’ |
| 5 | It was a few days before Michael Ramsey first became an undergraduate at his college . |
| 6 | But it was a few days before my birthday , and he has always remembered my birthday . |
| 7 | It was a few weeks after his marriage and Stephen had been feeling unsure of himself , unsure of life itself . |
| 8 | It was a few miles outside the pretty market town of Tetbury in Gloucestershire ; two hours from London down the M4 motorway , with easy access to Wales and the West Country ; close to Princess Anne 's house , Gatcombe Park ; his friends , the ParkerBowles ; and not far from Windsor . |