Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when , or if , the young men do return , all they usually bring with them are just a few of the pathetic petty accouterments of capitalism : a radio , a watch , perhaps a bicycle . |
| 2 | We 're almost the same age , I 'm just a few months older . |
| 3 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 4 | all the way , you look one way as far as you can see and you , when you go to Gibraltar you 're only a few miles from Africa |
| 5 | Her mother Fran said : ‘ I can not believe we are just a few hours from going home . |
| 6 | By the time we meet Odd-Knut coming back to find us we are only a few hundred metres from the camp . |
| 7 | We 're just a few miles away from the Meadowses ’ place , ’ he added , reaching forward to extract a map from the glove compartment , and tossing it on to her lap . |
| 8 | " We 're only a few , " he said . |
| 9 | The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments . |
| 10 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
| 11 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 12 | Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another . |
| 13 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
| 14 | Innovating new products , developing existing ones and a progressive programme of improving quality and services — they 're just a few reasons why Veka , and the people who choose Veka , will never stand still . |
| 15 | They 're just a few of the healthy pursuits on offer . |
| 16 | He says that although they 're just a few millimetres in size , in a year they 'll be as big as their mother . |