Example sentences of "be [adj] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've only been asleep a few hours . ’ |
| 2 | Her dark blonde hair was cut into a short , feathery style , which had been popular a few years ago . |
| 3 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 4 | For men like these a university education would have been unthinkable a few years earlier , but in 1920 Burma obtained its own university on a campus outside Rangoon . |
| 5 | If printed in time tickets may be available a few days ahead of the programme from Henley and Twyford booking offices . |
| 6 | If , despite this procedure , cannulation subsequently fails , a repeat attempt at cannulation will often be successful a few days later when the oedema has subsided . |
| 7 | Bathing and waterskiing are available a few minutes walk away . |
| 8 | After returning from a week away I found the pond to be deep black ; the fish were visible a few inches from the surface . |
| 9 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 10 | For Travis called at Leith 's and Sebastian 's flat a few nights later — ‘ Just passing and thought I 'd pop in , ’ so he said , which fooled nobody . |
| 11 | It was fine a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 12 | This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before , although it probably did take place . |