Example sentences of "[be] only [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you are only seeing a few people there should be someone to greet them on arrival and make them feel they have come to the right place on the right day . |
| 2 | At that , at , at at that time we 're only talking a few years ago |
| 3 | Cuts into the , it cuts into the we the weeks , I mean that sounds terrible , I 'll be , you 're only working a few days but it 's surprising the teaching days I do really , that really does cut into my time at home . |
| 4 | ‘ They think only about saving the guy 's life , so they chop the leg off by guillotine , even if he 's only lost a few toes . ’ |
| 5 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |