Example sentences of "she [be] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know .
2 When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion .
3 She was a few strides away , I was taking a breath to shout a warning , when unexpectedly — by some wary instinct — she looked up , and halted .
4 She was a few years older , mature , a mother .
5 ‘ She has very little regard for other people 's property and other people 's lives now , which was n't how she was a few years ago .
6 ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman .
7 She was n't booked with us , she was a few weeks early , and that 's why I could n't bring her to mind straight away . ’
8 She was a few yards from the sea 's shifting edge .
9 Jade 's skull was fractured when she was a few days old when her nanny , Carol Withers battered her with a heavy weapon .
10 The applicant was employed by a company from 1959 to 1987 until she was dismissed by reason of redundancy when she was a few months over 60 .
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