Example sentences of "'s a few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So far , she had killed no one , but the vicar of St Andrew 's had once had to call in Doctor Bailey as he was in agony with severe stomach pains , and had had to admit that he had taken tea and sandwiches with a peculiar and pungent filling , at Dotty Harmer 's a few hours before .
2 It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for .
3 When your sort of body 's running down anyway , you know it 's it 's a few hours after dinner time , it 's not quite time to go home from work .
4 ‘ Jerry — he went into the men 's a few minutes ago and he has n't come out . ’
5 And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less .
6 ‘ There 's a few snowdrops out , Miss , ’ Lyddy said .
7 " there 's a few questions I want answered .
8 Right , now there 's a few questions I 've got ta ask you
9 ten which would actually give you a B in , in , in normal circumstances but as you know we 're only allowed to give you a C. Right and there 's a few notes in there as well , did I 'll tick your box on your one .
10 ‘ What 's a few footpads to a man like Shallot , eh ? ’
11 there 's a few times so I 'll give you that four .
12 I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid
13 it 's Discount , there 's a few houses then there 's a gateway , back entrance into school .
14 And of course , if her husbands off like , it 's ooh do n't bother me now , there 's a few girls like you know !
15 you know just cos there 's a few fights and drunks down there , I thought it ca n't be that bad .
16 There 's a few bits in there the rest of the stuff like that is in the
17 ‘ There 's a few teachers who you can get on with and talk to .
18 A lot of them treat you more as a sort of friend and an equal rather than looking down … there 's a few teachers who treat you like a child rather than like themselves , but most of them are very friendly … well , I think it 's mainly because they 're younger teachers … and there 's not such a great age gap , you know .
19 ‘ How many 's a few fivers ? ’ she asked .
20 point to point may be amateur but there 's a few pounds to be won by following the form … the bookies are here of course … lets face it a race meeting without them is like a bottle of champagne with no bubbles …
21 Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do
22 There 's a few architecture students with expensive drawing boards and such so there must be thousands of pounds damage inside .
23 Erm so that 's a few options as regards the coding .
24 There 's a few things of yer father 's you might like to keep . ’
25 But there 's a few things that will please the older fans .
26 ‘ We 've been looking into your background and there 's a few things there I do n't think you 'd like to come out . ’
27 ‘ It 's my first race so there 's a few things I 've got to work on , ’ Mansell said .
28 So there 's a there 's a few things come into this .
29 There 's a few things we need from the shops that I did n't get yesterday .
30 When it 's , when the , when everything 's done and that , there 's a few things that
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