Example sentences of "we were [adv] a few " in BNC.
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1 | A look at the may told me why — we were just a few miles away from Hinkley Point nuclear power station . |
2 | By this time we were only a few yards from him and the car had almost stopped . |
3 | We were only a few miles from the coast , but in the days before we had our own car , visits to the sea were exciting expeditions . |
4 | I am sure our guide had this well planned , because we were only a few steps away from a group of rockhopper penguins ! |
5 | Three days into our trek we were only a few hours short of the first Zanskari hamlet . |
6 | Days later , we were only a few bio-hours from the Vadinamian system when we received a call from Mala 's pet FedPol , Chertro . |
7 | And when we were only a few hours from our turn to life off , we had last-minute visitors . |