Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 2 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 3 | Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Parkinson is with Sir Ewen in the big house , but he 'll be along in a few minutes , ’ Bob informed them after Maggie explained why she was there . |
| 5 | ‘ The Kilcharran will be alongside in a few minutes . |
| 6 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 8 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 9 | I just thought that the war would be fought far away , like the one in Abyssinia , and that it would be over in a few days , or weeks at the most . |
| 10 | Wars had been fought before by the regular Army , and this one , it was supposed , would be the same : it would be over in a few months , it not weeks . |
| 11 | He 'll be home in a few minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll be home in a few days , ’ she told them happily . |
| 13 | Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes . |
| 14 | Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’ |
| 15 | The sweet williams would n't be out for a few days . |
| 16 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 17 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 18 | I 'll be back in a few minutes . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll be back in a few minutes for our little talk . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be back in a few days with your orders . ’ |
| 21 | Coda has published its report and accounts each year since 1987 because , Turner says , its products are generally sold to the financial directors of large corporations and they always want the security of knowing how a firm is doing and if it will still be around in a few years . |
| 22 | Anybody who has any concerns or questions I I 'm gon na be here for a few minutes . |
| 23 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |
| 24 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 25 | Your salad will be here in a few moments . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 27 | Some friends should be here in a few minutes , for a little drink . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 29 | When I am tired and think , ‘ I do n't want to do this any more ’ I just tell myself that it might not be here in a few months and that there 's probably a million who would kill to be where I am . |
| 30 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |