Example sentences of "just a few [noun pl] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 2 | At just a few days old , she and Carly , who were born in Rush Green Hospital , Romford , Essex , joined at the chest and upper abdomen , sharing a liver heart cavity , were separated in seven hours of surgery . |
| 3 | The bairn started bringing his milk back up all the time when he was just a few days old . |
| 4 | The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments . |
| 5 | This is due to the fact that we are no longer told to add crushed rusks to our babies ' bottles at just a few weeks old . |
| 6 | The accusers said she was wrong to leave Beatrice , then just a few weeks old , behind in England . |
| 7 | When he was just a few weeks old , he was stolen from his mother and carried through the bush to the side of a main road . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is n't fully appreciated how easy greenhouses are to move , especially if they are aluminium and just a few seasons old . |