Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It can be assumed then that by 1910 the age range ran from 14 to 43 for certain , and there will most likely have been a few women in their late forties or early fifties . |
| 32 | There may have been a few villages abandoned in the aftermath of the plague , particularly those on poorer soil , as their inhabitants moved to better lands to take up holdings which had fallen vacant . |
| 33 | It had been a few months before Roy realised he had married what his mother would have called ‘ a lazy bitch ’ . |
| 34 | Although there have been a few gains , these have been outweighed by the losses . |
| 35 | It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again . |
| 36 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 37 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 38 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 39 | However , because of the recent advent of food surpluses , this is n't the same problem as it would have been a few years ago . |
| 40 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 41 | And I 've been a few years on the Council now and when I first went on the Council I was going to move mountains and make oh big Taj Mahals everywhere , but when you get on these things you have a rude awakening , it does n't work out that way and it works out exactly the same in this erm . |
| 42 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
| 43 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |
| 44 | Thiercelin was somewhat less interested than he would have been a few days earlier . |
| 45 | Sometimes , people in ancient places , in flashes of paranormal imagination , see once again the Forum in Pompeii as it must have been a few days before Mount Etna 's eruption ; or — was it Freud 's or Jung 's story ? — musicians in a Rhenish Schloss , playing clavichords for a duke and his family . |
| 46 | There have been a few comments passed about the way you 're behaving , but do n't worry , next time I hear anyone discussing it I 'll set them straight . ’ |
| 47 | up till the age of , about sixteen , after my birthday , the baby would have been a few weeks old , I thought well , if you 're under sixteen , do n't think about the Pill , they 're not going to give it to you . |
| 48 | For , he was sure , no mistake , there had been a few flings in her life . |
| 49 | We need an undivided sport , there have been a few occasions , sadly , when clubs and associations have followed marginally divisive lines as we attempt to represent the sport similar bodies which does not help our cause . |
| 50 | There would always have been a few men who had been dancing barechested all the evening , dancing with the fierce attention of the tango , or the apache ; these were the ones who stayed on late . |
| 51 | ‘ Yes , there are a few paths , and I have found them . |
| 52 | Here are a few boxes . |
| 53 | Here are a few questions to ask . |
| 54 | If you want a new look but you 've had a bad experience in the past or simple do n't know which style to opt for , here are a few pointers . |
| 55 | They retired a fortnight ago , , called the oh aye there are a few nicknames for them , including the Sisters . |
| 56 | Listed below are a few reasons to bake a potato . |
| 57 | However , I have now been through the notebook you left with me and there are a few things I wish . |
| 58 | While there are a few things in digital technology which have no possible representation in analogue form — infinite impulse response filters are a good example — most digital blocks derive their shape from the original analogue function . |
| 59 | There are a few things to be wary of in using the fifty millesimals . |
| 60 | When we find this extremely difficult , there are a few things we can do to make it easier . |