Example sentences of "you [verb] only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But you returned only a few weeks ago , during Holy Week ? ’ |
2 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
3 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
4 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
5 | AVCs are a very efficient way of saving , especially if you have only a few years to go before you retire . |
6 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |