Example sentences of "to be a few " in BNC.
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1 | I continued along a path over the bluffs following a waymarked nature trail , where the main animal life seemed to be a few pregnant sheep blowing about dangerously close to death on the rocks below . |
2 | ‘ There 's liable to be a few more . ’ |
3 | The polling factor in cattle arises as a spontaneous mutation once in every 50,000 births anyway , so that there are always likely to be a few naturally polled cattle in any population . |
4 | Judging from letters I have received , and some I have seen published in various magazines , there seems to be a few misconceptions about the precise way in which bar codes operate . |
5 | I suspect this will prove popular , and there are likely to be a few copycat launches . ’ |
6 | There ought to be a few strict rules which are obeyed to the letter . ’ |
7 | This worried me , because there always seemed to be a few mosquitoes flying around house . |
8 | Well , all right , everyone knows that there are going to be a few fools who insist on trying to break their necks … |
9 | The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory . |
10 | ‘ He said he was only going to be a few minutes . |
11 | There have to be a few secrets between a woman and her dybbuk . |
12 | It was not going to be a few bridge rolls and the odd glass of lemonade . |
13 | The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory . |
14 | Yeah if Now but th if I 've understood you correctly , there 's going to be a few months when we do n't actually supply anything . |
15 | Since there are likely to be a few worms present , even in adult dogs , in spite of the diversion of the majority of larvae to the somatic tissues , it is recommended that adult dogs should be treated every six months throughout their lives . |
16 | He 's received a lump sum payment — believed to be a few thousand pounds . |
17 | There 's going to be a few new faces next term . |