Example sentences of "[not/n't] more than a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as always at the beginning of the rainy season , dense black clouds began to roll in over the Residency from the direction of the river , advancing slowly , not more than a few feet above the ground and masking completely whatever lay in their path . |
| 2 | And she died not more than a few months ago . |
| 3 | They appeared often at different spots , places far apart , sometimes — usually — far off , many miles into the forest , sometimes quite near , not more than a few miles in . |
| 4 | Pupils can come to identify with the students — sometimes the age difference is not more than a few years — and ask how they can emulate them . |
| 5 | She was n't more than a few minutes late , but P.C. Clifford kept his word . |