Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 2 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 3 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 4 | Most potholes can only be seen a few yards ahead , and cars swerving without warning hardly contribute to road safety . |
| 5 | I agree with your correspondent 's sentiments regarding the Forth Road Bridge and the removal of the tolls , but he will only be arriving a few minutes earlier at Edinburgh 's infamous Barnton roundabout tailback , which I believe can only be resolved by switching transport policy away from cars and road freight . |
| 6 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 7 | We have already been using a few special words , and as we shall be using several more , let's define the meaning of some words and phrases connected with pruning . |
| 8 | This grew while the city docks declined and finally were closed a few years ago . |
| 9 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 10 | First , and best known , is GoScript while more recently Freedom of the Press has also been making a few headlines . |
| 11 | In a truly decentralised system , subsidiary organisations could reasonably be given a few well-defined priorities to which assessments of corporate and individual performance would be related . |
| 12 | ‘ The players here are leaking a few goals and losing faith in themselves but there might not be a lot wrong . |
| 13 | In the area in which we are interested , there was a ‘ Sutton Garage ’ and a ‘ Sutton Depôt ’ , the latter actually being located a few yards across the boundary into Carshalton . |