Example sentences of "be a few [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah , ’ it said with relish , ‘ you think you 'll forget about your precious Lucy just because you 're a few hundred miles away ? |
| 2 | The true pressures are a few thousand times atmospheric , which may sound a lot but is quite normal in solids and will not give you any fusion benefits on its own . |
| 3 | Even though the plight of those two climbers should have released me from my fear of calling for help on behalf of others , I 'm still wary unless I come across someone whose legs are a few hundred yards from their body . |
| 4 | A large symphony orchestra is even more instructive , since for some works there may be a few hundred musicians on stage playing together . |
| 5 | The only consolation is that there 'll be a few thousand others there as well . |
| 6 | But a lot of people buy a second hand car privately , and there are pages of these in the Nottingham Evening Post every day you know where people are paying a few hundred pounds , or it may be a few thousand pounds , for a second hand car . |
| 7 | He 's received a lump sum payment — believed to be a few thousand pounds . |
| 8 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 9 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 10 | Or tell them , tell them there 's a few million pounds worth of gold coins in some field ! |
| 11 | Oil was once one of Burma 's major industries , producing 800,000 gallons of petroleum a day , now daily production is a few hundred gallons from the old hand-dug wells . |
| 12 | ‘ The Gaiety is a few hundred yards west and when I was 10 and I met Brendan Behan there , he suggested I become a writer . |