Example sentences of "[is] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's only a few minutes left , they 'll never … wait wait , Steven has it , he 's come from nowhere and yes , he 's going for a shot ! … ’ |
| 2 | On the face of it , the Friend 3 seems the model least likely to benefit from flexibility — the thick stem interferes little with the working of the cams , both designs have the same strength rating and there 's only a few grams difference in weight between them . |
| 3 | ‘ Listen , we could go to the Baltic — ’ naming a horribly expensive café and one far beyond his means — ‘ it 's only a few stops on the bus — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Ah , ’ said Joe Connors , a dark little man who reached forward with spatulate fingers for the corkscrew , ‘ There 's only a few of us left . ’ |
| 5 | IT 'S only a few weeks before thousands of British schoolchildren sit their CSE and A-level exams . |
| 6 | And that 's only a few of the things that 'll be making their Megatape debuts on the front cover of COMMODORE FORCE ! |
| 7 | A kind of interplanetary world musician — there 's only a few , in any form or at any time , and he 's one of these guys . |
| 8 | It 's only a few miles from here . |
| 9 | But , remember , it 's only a few months since I won in Barcelona . ’ |
| 10 | I mean there 's only a few stars , but they only need one or two heroes and the rest will come through . |
| 11 | But it 's only , it 's only a few people that do it |
| 12 | ‘ It 's only a few million people , Doctor . ’ |
| 13 | It 's only a few miles away . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's only a few of them who do n't believe , ’ explained Beuno . |
| 15 | The pigs the mariners left on the islands probably looked at lot like the ancestral wild boars , and certainly when pink pigs go wild , it 's only a few generations before they 're muscular , nimble and fierce again . |
| 16 | When domestic pigs go feral , it 's only a few generations before they start to look like the ancestral Eurasian wild boar . |
| 17 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 18 | It 's only a few hours now . ’ |
| 19 | And it 's only a few blocks away from your shop . |
| 20 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's only a few weeks away now . |
| 22 | It 's only a few miles further along the road . ’ |
| 23 | It 's only a few people at this moment in this country , that does believe in railway privatization , and that is the Department of Transport . |
| 24 | It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order . |
| 25 | Erm , has the honourable gentleman noted that er on the ninth of February , it 's only a few days ago , the European parliament itself erm through its rapporteur Mr Fernand Herman er the Christian Democrats , but also of course with er socialists from the er European parliament , endorsed a constitution er which contains even worse things than the European peoples party 's manifesto . |
| 26 | But , wait , but the thing is yeah , there 's only a few scenes where everyone 's in it , right , and where people , everyone is in it , then obviously I 'm gon na have help from you or from Andy are n't I ? |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only a few yards away from the shop , so you could easily keep an eye on both . ’ |
| 28 | Right in but it 's only a few minutes away . |
| 29 | Just a I think you should give us that , it 's only a few miles away ! |
| 30 | Give us that Stu , it 's only a few miles away . |