Example sentences of "were [adv] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first row of the audience were literally a few feet from my feet . |
| 2 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |
| 3 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 4 | There were only a few inches |
| 5 | However , an Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) report on Sept. 18 revealed that the exchange of prisoners had suddenly been interrupted on Sept. 15 reportedly because there were only a few prisoners in Iraq , while almost 20,000 remained in Iran , many of whom were unwilling to return to Iraq . |
| 6 | Evidence of this can be seen in the surprising number of items surviving from the late 19th and early 20th centuries , which one could be forgiven for thinking were only a few decades old . |
| 7 | Bernice glanced over her shoulder and was relieved to see that Francis and Elaine were only a few metres behind her . |
| 8 | There were only a few gulls , though , wheeling in a sky shot with ragged clouds . |
| 9 | There were only a few dresses but these were elaborate , expensive and curiously old-fashioned compared to the heap of jeans and dungarees piled up on the floor of the wardrobe . |
| 10 | Three days into our trek we were only a few hours short of the first Zanskari hamlet . |
| 11 | And when we were only a few hours from our turn to life off , we had last-minute visitors . |
| 12 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 13 | Where there were only a few birds they were carried in the guard 's van and released at the time and place stated on the label . |
| 14 | Moving was no problem , as the houses were only a few streets apart . |
| 15 | But in the massive ballroom across the way there were only a few chairs and a sideboard or two , and even on a dismal day the light had fallen on the intricate design of a wooden parquet floor and pretty chiaroscuro frescoes painted into the panels of gracefully arched walls . |
| 16 | There were only a few guests — among them Martin Browne and his wife , Rupert Hart-Davis and Jacob Epstein ( whom Eliot had come to like and admire when he was sitting to him ) . |
| 17 | There were only a few names left on the list from the DVLC . |
| 18 | In fact there were only a few cars but quite a number of pack mules , some horse-drawn carts and one or two carozzelle , fine horse-drawn carriages , most of which had seen better days . |
| 19 | There were only a few weeks now before she went into dry dock . |
| 20 | Days later , we were only a few bio-hours from the Vadinamian system when we received a call from Mala 's pet FedPol , Chertro . |
| 21 | I am sure our guide had this well planned , because we were only a few steps away from a group of rockhopper penguins ! |
| 22 | There were only a few trees along the river bank . |
| 23 | There were only a few realists in the ILP who appreciated that it could not function independently of the Labour Party . |
| 24 | Sadly , the old bitches his mother lined up were only a few years younger than him . |
| 25 | In fact , as a result of automation and computerisation , production costs as a percentage of total cost are now considerably lower than they were only a few years ago . |
| 26 | He was afraid ; there were only a few people left where he was and not much food . |
| 27 | It was in a narrow side street and there were only a few people watching . |
| 28 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Between seeing my surgeon and being X-rayed there were only a few days . |