Example sentences of "[pron] only [vb -s] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The island of Porto Santo has a regular air link with Madeira by a small Air Portugal plane which only takes a few minutes . |
| 2 | She says of the building societies : ‘ How dare they ignore the real needs of loyal customers by pursuing a marketing ploy which only benefits a few . |
| 3 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 4 | She says she had no idea that there was a REAL Paradise in Gloucestershire , even though she only lives a few miles away . |
| 5 | It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover . |
| 6 | It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover . |
| 7 | ‘ It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one . |
| 8 | It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody . |
| 9 | What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing . |
| 10 | Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde . |
| 11 | Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service . |
| 12 | But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost . |
| 13 | It only takes a few minutes . |
| 14 | It only takes a few minutes . |