Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've only been here a few days . |
| 2 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 3 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 4 | People would , you know , I mean it I mean that other lass was only there six weeks , Teresa 's only been there a few weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ They had only been together a few weeks , ’ said Charlotte 's father , nightclub owner Henry Turtle , 47 . |
| 6 | They have always been notable sources of reference for serious scholars , of course , and there have always been just a few teachers and parents who have made it their business , over the years , to arrange educational visits both for themselves and for schoolchildren . |