Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Evidence of this can be seen in the surprising number of items surviving from the late 19th and early 20th centuries , which one could be forgiven for thinking were only a few decades old . |
| 32 | Bernice glanced over her shoulder and was relieved to see that Francis and Elaine were only a few metres behind her . |
| 33 | There were only a few names left on the list from the DVLC . |
| 34 | By now there were only a few of them left , grouped like maintenance vehicles around The Fat Controller 's wide-bodied jet of a home . |
| 35 | There were only a few occasions when I remembered the news room falling silent as news came in via satellite . |
| 36 | There were only a few trees along the river bank . |
| 37 | There were only a few other cars in the lay-by at Walbury Hill and their occupants had scattered far and wide . |
| 38 | Three days into our trek we were only a few hours short of the first Zanskari hamlet . |
| 39 | In the darkness of the church — there were only a few old women praying , oblivious of what went on around them — one of the girls took the note and quickly hid it in her knickers . |
| 40 | Days later , we were only a few bio-hours from the Vadinamian system when we received a call from Mala 's pet FedPol , Chertro . |
| 41 | And when we were only a few hours from our turn to life off , we had last-minute visitors . |
| 42 | The gates were only a few yards ahead and I staggered up to them and halted among my groaning comrades . |
| 43 | Where there were only a few birds they were carried in the guard 's van and released at the time and place stated on the label . |
| 44 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |
| 45 | There were only a few small cars . |
| 46 | There were only a few weeks now before she went into dry dock . |
| 47 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |
| 48 | But in the massive ballroom across the way there were only a few chairs and a sideboard or two , and even on a dismal day the light had fallen on the intricate design of a wooden parquet floor and pretty chiaroscuro frescoes painted into the panels of gracefully arched walls . |
| 49 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 50 | However , an Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) report on Sept. 18 revealed that the exchange of prisoners had suddenly been interrupted on Sept. 15 reportedly because there were only a few prisoners in Iraq , while almost 20,000 remained in Iran , many of whom were unwilling to return to Iraq . |
| 51 | Although as a prediction of the electoral result this was incorrect , the estimates were only a few per cent out . |
| 52 | The banks of computer machines stretched away into the distance and there were only a few dim lights glowing . |
| 53 | There were only a few gulls , though , wheeling in a sky shot with ragged clouds . |
| 54 | Looking at different parts of the tropical world , it has been noted that by 1981 only 20% of all rain forests including tropical ones in Australia remained when compared with the total at European settlement ( 1788 ) and that there were only a few thousand ha left in northern Queensland , all accessible forest outside National Parks having been ( or likely to be ) logged , leaving an archipelago of ‘ refugia ’ . |
| 55 | If there were only a few , each could know what the others were doing and all would be aware of being watched . |
| 56 | There were only a few realists in the ILP who appreciated that it could not function independently of the Labour Party . |
| 57 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 58 | In fact , as a result of automation and computerisation , production costs as a percentage of total cost are now considerably lower than they were only a few years ago . |
| 59 | There were only a few inches |
| 60 | A look at the may told me why — we were just a few miles away from Hinkley Point nuclear power station . |