Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 2 | ‘ The Kilcharran will be alongside in a few minutes . |
| 3 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He 'll be home in a few minutes . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be home in a few days , ’ she told them happily . |
| 8 | Anybody who has any concerns or questions I I 'm gon na be here for a few minutes . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 11 | Your salad will be here in a few moments . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 13 | Some friends should be here in a few minutes , for a little drink . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The picture might not still be there in a few days ’ Maxim said patiently . |
| 18 | At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer . |