Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if I talk about Tyneside when I am a few miles away in Teesside or Wearside , I am in real trouble . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said . |
| 3 | She thought : I am a few walls ' , stairways ' , rooms ' distance from him . |
| 4 | I 'm a few minutes |
| 5 | But we are a few guys , not interested in politics , who will play golf with anybody as 50 per cent individuals and 50 per cent representatives of our country because when you stand on the 1st tee , they call … |
| 6 | We are a few yards away from the Palace Pier and in an ideal position for all attractions including the Marina ; Conference Centre and ‘ The Lanes ’ . |
| 7 | We 're a few minutes early … ’ |
| 8 | This is not the place to explain logic , but there are a few bits of terminology which occur often in this subject which are not entirely standard . |
| 9 | Yes , there are a few laughs . |
| 10 | I do n't think it 's surprising that there are a few sceptics around . ’ |
| 11 | There are a few conditions ; you must have been sailing within the area or bands briefed by the flotilla skipper , timing starts when the lead boat acknowledges the failure , and you must return to UK with a report signed by the flotilla skipper detailing the circumstances . |
| 12 | So there are a few initiatives there , but I do n't think there 's been done anything on the music front though . |
| 13 | ‘ I know a lot of people from non-League who are going , and there are a few buses taking friends and relations , ’ he said . |
| 14 | There are a few others , but those records are the ones I enjoyed the most . ’ |
| 15 | I think there are a few others but not many . |
| 16 | Young Charles is one of several up and coming teenagers in the Halkyn team along with Gareth Jacobs and Gareth Thomas , while there are a few others in the second eleven hoping for a first team chance . |
| 17 | There are a few signs of that fierce screwing up of feudal payments characteristic of the later stages of the ancien régime in France ; in Catalonia , for instance , a steady increase in the price of the farms of feudal dues overtook the rise in agricultural prices . |
| 18 | Sorry , this show came up so suddenly , there are a few dates we 'll have to work round . ’ |
| 19 | If all these people are doing the same job officially in the real world we know that some people are more proficient than others that in some things or others , can you see how quickly go down that line and you say to yourself well Mr A you know he 's got all those there great but there are a few gaps . |
| 20 | There are a few gaps , with ground cover to stop the soil slipping . |
| 21 | It 's true that there are a few natives here ( known as ‘ Eyeties ’ to the British colonials ) , who are useful to serve as maids , waiters or ‘ chaps to look after the swimming-pool ’ . |
| 22 | In any case , the certainty one feels is normally misplaced , although there are a few instances when genuinely creative thinking has been documented as taking place during dreams . |
| 23 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 24 | As we shall see in Section 3.8 , there are a few instances when even TNF needs further simplification , and Kent ( 1983 ) and Date ( 1990 ) describe these extensions . |
| 25 | There are a few copies remaining of newsletter . |
| 26 | Moreover , on the far side of the Moon there are a few basins that , if filled , would resemble mare . |
| 27 | There are a few discos , but if you fancy something more sophisticated , hop on a train for the short journey to Kitzbuhel . |
| 28 | Locals tend to stick to the pleasures of eating out in the evening , but there are a few spots in town for night revels . |
| 29 | Vacancies still exist for tenors and basses in particular and also there are a few spaces for contraltos . |
| 30 | Dark ages ; but there are a few performers who take these pieces seriously , and their beacons light the path for others to follow . |