Example sentences of "been [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been only a few hours , but that was enough to ensure that birthdays would always fall on public holidays and the correct number of hours could therefore be spent languishing . |
| 2 | She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before . |
| 3 | I was a little anxious as to payment , which would have been only a few coppers except we had none . |
| 4 | There have been only a few exceptions to this general rule . |
| 5 | ‘ They had only been together a few weeks , ’ said Charlotte 's father , nightclub owner Henry Turtle , 47 . |
| 6 | They have always been notable sources of reference for serious scholars , of course , and there have always been just a few teachers and parents who have made it their business , over the years , to arrange educational visits both for themselves and for schoolchildren . |
| 7 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 8 | These have been just a few ideas to get you started . |
| 9 | From the look of the pile of branches , Travis had been back a few times , but he was absent still as she added her load to the mound . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's just that you 've been out a few times this morning . ’ |
| 11 | The thing is I 've been out a few times with my husband cos it 's his car . |
| 12 | This was the lake that we were going to spend our time on and although these lakes had n't been fished much we did have the benefit of some information given to us by Joe Taylor who had been out a few weeks prior to us . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's been here a few times . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been here a few times , ’ he admitted . |
| 15 | ‘ In that case you should have been here a few hours ago . ’ |
| 16 | You 've only been here a few days . |
| 17 | Erm what are the kind o obviously you 've been here a few months . |
| 18 | ‘ Girl has not been here a few nights . |
| 19 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
| 20 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 21 | He told me proudly how he 'd been there a few times in the past . |
| 22 | She had been there a few times throughout the week but Busacher frequently forgot her . |
| 23 | Well no , er I 've been there a few times . |
| 24 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 25 | He had been there a few weeks , suffering most of the time from frostbite after thirty hours in a dinghy in the Atlantic . |
| 26 | People would , you know , I mean it I mean that other lass was only there six weeks , Teresa 's only been there a few weeks . |
| 27 | I 'd been there a few months when me and a girl called Sue and a girl called Monica started playing silly devils , throwing things out of the hatch . |
| 28 | After I 'd been there a few months I was asked if I wanted to help out in the kitchen , which I did . |
| 29 | ‘ There have been quite a few calls from readers … |
| 30 | There have been quite a few changes in the Magazine Team over the past year . |