Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 2 | There were a few moments silence before they turned their backs to the church and , still holding hands , sang : |
| 3 | There were a few Men dwellings standing out starkly in the snow but otherwise little sign of people . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Kensington Palace is a few minutes walk through the park from Kensington High Street or Bayswater Road where buses and underground stations are located . |
| 6 | The tiny seaside resort of Widemouth Bay is a few minutes walk from our entrance . |
| 7 | The mine , owned by Carnon Consolidated , a subsidiary of Rio Tinto-Zinc , is a few kilometres south west of Truro near the tiny village of Baldhu . |
| 8 | Cooper Union is a few blocks west . |