Example sentences of "[been] a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have also been a few cases where junior members have successfully challenged senior colleagues in contests for sub committee chairmanships . |
| 2 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 3 | It 's become apparent that had the plane been a few feet higher it would have hill . |
| 4 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 5 | However , because of the recent advent of food surpluses , this is n't the same problem as it would have been a few years ago . |
| 6 | Thiercelin was somewhat less interested than he would have been a few days earlier . |