Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] only [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 2 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |
| 3 | As the south coast had been raided only a few years earlier , this action is understandable , and it also indicates a measure of political awareness among the peasant class . |
| 4 | Fourthly , the field workers were given only a few packets of ORS for distribution among the villagers . |
| 5 | The students were freed only a few months before the end of their sentences , but the move is clearly intended to polish up China 's image abroad . |
| 6 | My mother had been married only a few months , and had never previously been further abroad than Italy . |
| 7 | Voting had been suspended only a few hours after polling began , because of " premeditated acts of sabotage " , according to Ismaila Nimaga , Minister of Public Security and Territorial Administration . |
| 8 | An elegance which was enjoyed only a few days earlier can now seem artificial , out of touch with the sense of self that has arisen . |
| 9 | This , remember , was said only a few months after Battiston of France suffered a serious neck injury when Schumacher , the West German goalkeeper , brutally bodychecked him in a World Cup semi-final . |
| 10 | The second dramatisation to have a major impact in the 1980s was shown only a few days after ‘ Walter ’ . |
| 11 | The Coppergate bear commemorates the city 's Viking connection which stretch back 1,000 years and the Guy Fawkes bear , complete with its own poem , is a reminder that the man who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament was born only a few doors from the shop . |
| 12 | The new MOT exhaust emissions test , which was introduced only a few months ago , will also play a significant part in cleaning up the air . |
| 13 | The special Christmas shopping service , which will be hauled by British Rail diesel power direct from Butterley Station via Nottingham , Beeston and Loughborough to London , was announced only a few weeks ago and is already nearly full . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll come , ’ said Karr , but he was gone only a few moments . |
| 15 | This was confirmed only a few days ago when yet another visit to the garage became necessary , this time through no fault of the Metro 's . |