Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that , at , at at that time we 're only talking a few years ago |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The festival 's boring ; we 're here telling a few stories … |
| 4 | ‘ We are now examining a few contradictions and will decide on the matter next week , ’ a spokesman for the Belgian cycling union said . |
| 5 | I 'm here to earn a few bucks ! ’ |
| 6 | Whether we should be saying and saying District Council be requested to amend the local plan as suggested in paragraph two four two nine five and then nu number two would be there adding a few words to the original number one . |
| 7 | The extremely well-britched U2 are about to incur a few expenses as it would appear that they have half-inched some of the NME 's STUART BAILIE 's bon-mots . |
| 8 | so she were just having a few crumpets |
| 9 | Bill and Cy were now standing a few yards from the string . |
| 10 | He did it on the guitar and you were simply found a few words and |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know . |
| 13 | So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame . |
| 14 | Knowing him , he is already keeping a few options open : polishing up his cover-drives and even experimenting , after watching Mushtaq , with legspinners and googlies . |
| 15 | What I 'll do when I get home is probably do a few jobs and then watch the film . |
| 16 | An effective way to introduce a delightful perfume throughout your home is simply to place a few drops of essential oil or pot-pourri revitaliser into the water of a room humidifier . |
| 17 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 18 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 19 | Clearly , the hon. Gentleman was not listening a few moments ago when I quoted directly the Governor of the Bank of England saying that the conditions necessary to underpin a sustained recovery are now in place . |
| 20 | Cromwell , remarkably , dismissed him with merely a caution , though the appointment at St Botolph 's Bishopsgate was formally revoked a few months later . |
| 21 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |
| 22 | Even Maisie , who was now standing a few yards from the window , breathing heavily , seemed to have been paralysed by the sight of him . |
| 23 | ‘ I love it here , ’ she said enthusiastically , seeing that Lucenzo had relaxed to some extent and was actually exchanging a few pleasantries with one or two people . |