Example sentences of "[pers pn] will [be] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hello Friday — just to let you know I 'll be a few seconds late with the tea ! ’ |
| 2 | I 'll give my share to your mother and you can tell her you bought it from me ; that way she 'll be content and you 'll be a few pounds better off . |
| 3 | But let's see what she 'll be a few years hence . |
| 4 | Councillor Peter , Mrs Pat , Sir John , Mr Peter and Mrs and David apologize , they will be attending but they 'll be a few minutes late . |
| 5 | Of course , they 'll be a few exceptions to this price freeze — mostly those more old-fashioned suppliers like IBM and Hewlett-Packard who can still afford to drop their prices by a notch or two . |
| 6 | No I never thought that they will be a few days ! |
| 7 | It 'll be a few weeks and several meetings before it has established an official position . |
| 8 | It 'll be a few days before the 70 year old grand dame of the railways moves under her own steam , first there are boiler inspections and checks to prove she can clear every bridge on the Toddington track . |
| 9 | It will be a few weeks and several meetings before it has established an official position . |
| 10 | Erm , I 'm not absolutely certain , I ai n't got the keys , I mean we 're waiting for the mortgage to that 's just being decided , draw the contracts after the exchange and er all that lark , but it will be a few weeks . |
| 11 | ‘ It will be a few years , ’ they said , ‘ before we know that you 're really all right . ’ |
| 12 | And it will be a few days before anyone scores a goal through these posts in Hereford . |