Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if I talk about Tyneside when I am a few miles away in Teesside or Wearside , I am in real trouble . |
| 2 | We are a few yards away from the Palace Pier and in an ideal position for all attractions including the Marina ; Conference Centre and ‘ The Lanes ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Hello Friday — just to let you know I 'll be a few seconds late with the tea ! ’ |
| 4 | If you go back to the ‘ fifties and ‘ sixties , there were a few killers around like this one . |
| 5 | Two huge human feet were a few inches away from them . |
| 6 | Not until we were a few yards away from the perch could we turn , hold our arms out and release the jesses so that the bird could fly the rest of the way . |
| 7 | ‘ Just go down the plaza here , turn right into the old section of the building , and it 's a few doors down on the right . |
| 8 | The train going west to Prague was empty and unheated , and arrived two hours late at a different station ; but the weather in Bohemia was a few days ahead of Olomouc and the capital was clear and bright . |
| 9 | Daughter Rebecca , seven , was a few paces behind with a relative . |
| 10 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |