Example sentences of "live only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no preparations at Thornfield , and no visits to the Ingram family , who lived only a few miles away . |
| 2 | She was so happy with them , she called them Dad and Mum and living only a few streets away from her real mother , would visit her daily , calling her ‘ My mother 's sister ’ . |
| 3 | If the child is certain to live only a few days , the dilemma is tough indeed . |
| 4 | The spores apparently can live only a few weeks at most in the environment ; infections have been induced experimentally by contact with spores from the insect 's surroundings , but this is probably a minor source of infection in nature . |
| 5 | Found on rocky coastal areas , younger wrasse live only a few metres deep , while larger specimens can be found deeper than 15 metres . |
| 6 | Many Down 's babies are miscarried , stillborn or live only a few days . |
| 7 | He had tried to keep it as a pet , and had made a cage for it and brought it dandelion leaves to eat ; but it never thrived , and had lived only a few days more . |