Example sentences of "[pron] [is] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes there may be a timed section which is a few jumps and you have to go as fast as you can .
2 Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know .
3 When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion .
4 ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy .
5 Sandy Lee 's mother , Siobhan Gilmore , her two youngest children , three-year-old Tamara and Deborah , who is a few months old , and Siobhan 's sister , Tanya , were taken to the Waveney Hospital suffering from shock and smoke inhalation .
6 But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old .
7 There 's a few things of yer father 's you might like to keep . ’
8 But there 's a few things that will please the older fans .
9 ‘ We 've been looking into your background and there 's a few things there I do n't think you 'd like to come out . ’
10 ‘ It 's my first race so there 's a few things I 've got to work on , ’ Mansell said .
11 So there 's a there 's a few things come into this .
12 There 's a few things we need from the shops that I did n't get yesterday .
13 When it 's , when the , when everything 's done and that , there 's a few things that
14 There 's a few bits in there the rest of the stuff like that is in the
15 " there 's a few questions I want answered .
16 Right , now there 's a few questions I 've got ta ask you
17 There 's a few snowdrops out , Miss , ’ Lyddy said .
18 there 's a few times so I 'll give you that four .
19 I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid
20 point to point may be amateur but there 's a few pounds to be won by following the form … the bookies are here of course … lets face it a race meeting without them is like a bottle of champagne with no bubbles …
21 There 's a few teachers who you can get on with and talk to .
22 A lot of them treat you more as a sort of friend and an equal rather than looking down … there 's a few teachers who treat you like a child rather than like themselves , but most of them are very friendly … well , I think it 's mainly because they 're younger teachers … and there 's not such a great age gap , you know .
23 you know just cos there 's a few fights and drunks down there , I thought it ca n't be that bad .
24 ten which would actually give you a B in , in , in normal circumstances but as you know we 're only allowed to give you a C. Right and there 's a few notes in there as well , did I 'll tick your box on your one .
25 And of course , if her husbands off like , it 's ooh do n't bother me now , there 's a few girls like you know !
26 it 's Discount , there 's a few houses then there 's a gateway , back entrance into school .
27 Well there 's a few children around but erm they generally tend to be the older ones .
28 There 's a few knots in it and it hurts a bit when she tugs the comb , but I do n't say nothing .
29 He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair .
30 definitely trying to avoid my eyes now there 's a few eyes round here that look more like route maps of the M twenty five !
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