Example sentences of "be a few people " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 2 | And there are a few people who wo n't be pleased whatever you do . |
| 3 | There are a few people who are out to cause you any aggravation , whom you have to treat that seriously . |
| 4 | There are a few people who develop sores or cracked skin at the corner of the mouth and suffer from riboflavin or vitamin B2 deficiency . |
| 5 | There are a few people having a go at him now . |
| 6 | There are a few people willing to help are n't . |
| 7 | Even now there are a few people waking up in Goroka hospital with only one arm , wishing they had n't got between Mr Cassowary and his girl-friends . " |
| 8 | And I recognize there are a few people here , here who are not P Way people . |
| 9 | There are a few people who claim even to know about the lobbying process in Brussels . |
| 10 | Unlike yourselves , Dr Blake has only recently joined us , and there are a few people she should meet . ’ |
| 11 | There will be a few people , beginning with Mr Fallon , looking for their own McGoolies when this is over . ’ |
| 12 | The return journey was supposed to start at half past three but there would always be a few people missing . |
| 13 | There may still be a few people in Islay who will remember , no doubt with appreciation , the Coats libraries , a source of firstly recreation and secondly instruction , when books were scarce in the island except in the houses of the proprietors , and to a lesser degree , the doctor , the ministers and the schoolmasters , long before popular newspapers , radio and television were easily available , |
| 14 | Sadly , however , there will always be people from disadvantaged backgrounds and there will always be a few people — many of them not from disadvantaged backgrounds — with strong and perverted personalities , who , through macho perversity , gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism . |
| 15 | Matthew Ryan says his girlfriend had warned him there would be a few people to greet him but nothing like this . |
| 16 | We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there . |
| 17 | Now ‘ I 've Got My Mojo Working ’ does n't go down with everyone , but at that time there were a few people around who did like that kind of stuff , and we were hopefully appealing to them . ’ |
| 18 | There were a few people about now : walking their dogs , jogging in tracksuits along the firm sand out by the water 's edge . |
| 19 | There were a few people who ‘ took an interest ’ first in one young man and then another . |
| 20 | There were a few people around , but I did n't care , I stripped down to my bra and filled the basin and gave myself a real good wash . |
| 21 | Sometimes they did n't stop or even bat an eyelid , and I bet there were a few people waking up with painful parts in the morning . |
| 22 | There were a few people passing . |
| 23 | There were a few people around , polishing and sweeping , and maybe spreading incense for all I knew . |
| 24 | There were a few people who allowed themselves to feel the pain of loss , the pain of betrayal , when they began to understand what had really been happening in the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | There were a few people who had private laboratories , and who were like Lavoisier amateurs of fully professional competence ; and there were those who lived by consultancy . |
| 26 | There were a few people milling around , but not yet the main surge of puzzled well-wishers , police , press and sensation-seekers . |
| 27 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 28 | But there were a few people . |
| 29 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 30 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |