Example sentences of "they [be] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kittens first purr while suckling when they are a few days old . |
| 2 | Okay so they 're a few options to try as regards the coding |
| 3 | No , they 're a few years old them are . |
| 4 | That evening at dinner in the hotel they were a few tables away , just out of earshot but plainly visible . |
| 5 | Wearing breathing apparatus they were a few feet into the building when overhead piping collapsed , trapping them . |
| 6 | The returns from farming were generally poor and land prices were below what they were a few years ago . |
| 7 | Despite the ‘ Britain 's ugliest group ’ tag that 's hung around their neck since the start , the Inspirals are a better band to look at than they were a few years back . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend reflect on the fact that when he attends those international meetings and many others in the EC he will discover that Britain 's standing , authority and reputation are vastly higher than they were a few years ago ? |
| 9 | My mam 'd er well not m my mother all the mams , would be sitting there with the kids with their feet in the water to get used to it even when they were a few weeks old . |