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

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1 Well I mean that 'll that might be worth a few marks .
2 If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight .
3 It would only be for a few days , of course .
4 To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being .
5 Until Tyson gets out of jail , which King is convinced will be within a few months , the promoter is shrewdly banking his hopes for big money on Chavez , the unbeaten WBC super-lightweight champion who is often referred to as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world .
6 It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments .
7 Anyway , all these books are mine , and so is the whole house , or will be in a few years ’ time .
8 ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months .
9 If we assume that our kind of beings will still be around a few millennia hence , I feel certain that the nineteenth century will mainly be remembered as the century when Maxwell formulated his equations .
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