Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The best plan was therefore to study a few typical ones : T. H. Huxley 's course on the crayfish at South Kensington in the 1870s was based on this principle , close study of a crayfish preparing one for any invertebrate . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Blanc is also planning a few special dinner parties to celebrate his wedding . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |