Example sentences of "be [adv] a few lines " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
| 2 | there are quite a few lines in which B is clearly a continuation of A , or a going-beyond A in force or specificity . |
| 3 | This is just a few lines to a friend or relative without any complaints in it . |
| 4 | In the first draft of this book , I left out any description of the young women speaking , and the introduction to each chapter was only a few lines . |
| 5 | It was only a few lines , it was tucked away , all very low key , but the word murder was there to be seen and read . |
| 6 | But there 's still the need to first get rid of the modern slums which replaced the Victorian slums standing when the tower block was just a few lines on an architect 's sketch board . |