Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith himself was for a few years a tutor at Christ Church , but in 1795 he resigned his studentship to become incumbent of Daventry ( a Christ Church living ) , returning to Christ Church as a canon in 1807 . |
| 2 | When she was within a few feet of the ground , the cat leapt from her and rubbed itself against its mistress 's legs . |
| 3 | Only when we were within a few hundred yards of it could we see the waves frothing over and around it , giving just a hint of the menace below . |
| 4 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |
| 5 | They were among a few people who came back to see over the property again quite a few times , and I met their sons . |
| 6 | They set off quite cheerily , but when they were within a few miles of the tarmac coast road , the truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch . |
| 7 | They drew down to the back of the hummock which remained an ivy-grown tump until they were within a few paces and could see rough-hewn timber planks behind it . |
| 8 | Any one of the three main political parties could take the seat because they were within a few percentage points of each other at the last election . |
| 9 | But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project . |
| 10 | It 's worth a few days observation . ’ |
| 11 | Now I accept that if you 're adding up a column of figures you ca n't say well it 's within a few thousand well that 'll do . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 13 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |
| 14 | He 's from a few miles away , near Natron . |
| 15 | One minute there he was with a few scraps of grey hair plastered across his scalp — the next he looks like a prizewinner at Cruft 's Dog Show . |
| 16 | The second man ducked back around the corner and Maxim backed off crouching and aiming until he was within a few metres of the cross-street . |
| 17 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |