Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
2 | It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again . |
3 | → There are a few things that you can try before you bin your guitar , John . |
4 | There are a few occasions where it is absolutely necessary to issue a general instruction . |
5 | The above are a few samples that we have collected . |
6 | There are a few knots that we need to learn when we 're sailing . |
7 | It would be a few hours before she could face Marguerite , and no doubt the girl , Marie , would be very quick to tell Alain 's mother that she had seen the Englishwoman wandering into the woods like a lunatic . |
8 | If she could then convince Rainald that it might be a few days before she was granted another opportunity to meet him , and if she could discover how many spies the Empress had in Winchester , the precious time gained might be used to save Edmund . |
9 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
10 | It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for . |
11 | Sometimes there may be a timed section which is a few jumps and you have to go as fast as you can . |
12 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
13 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
14 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |
15 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |