Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were a few clubs at the lower end of the street , but it was mostly owned by monolithic movie companies . |
| 32 | Like any actor who has to play many different parts , all Reagan wanted were a few good lines written for him on cue cards that he could quote without having to tax his own abilities . |
| 33 | There were a few others of the same period , Youngs Mill being advertised for sale in 1828 , with a 16hp engine , driving three pairs of four foot diameter stones . |
| 34 | There were a few tears even the obstetrician seemed a bit overcome and kept shaking my hand . |
| 35 | There were a few last roses glimmering the lights from the French windows . |
| 36 | She was agitated ; there were a few tears . |
| 37 | There were a few small fishing boats in the Bay each sitting in its place without moving . |
| 38 | The people heading for the square were mostly men although there were a few women , dressed in black . |
| 39 | There were a few of the I-am-not-really-dead-but-just-popped-out-for-a-packet-of-fags sort of lines , which all went on a little long for Henry 's taste , and quite a number of death-as-a-viable-alternative-to-life stuff , much of it from the fathers of the early church . |
| 40 | There were a few suitable towns at which to start but we chose Beni Abbes because the map showed it to be two thousand miles from Kano . |
| 41 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |
| 42 | Around its base , palm-trees were growing and there were a few houses built of clay . |
| 43 | There were a few couples whose friendship was of long standing and who were always seen about together . |
| 44 | There were a few people who ‘ took an interest ’ first in one young man and then another . |
| 45 | There were a few young men who developed female characteristics , unconsciously perhaps at first but certainly consciously when they became aware of the power that these gave them . |
| 46 | There were a few partially smothered sniggers . |
| 47 | Sometimes we were a few feet higher , sometimes the other one was . |
| 48 | There were a few thorny-headed worms ( Acanthocephala spp ) in the small intestines , but not many other gut parasites . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | There were a few catholic families but the majority and the consensus derived from presbyterian Scottish/Ulster stock . |
| 51 | ‘ There were a few deaths in the dale which would n't have happened in later years . |
| 52 | There were a few , in the wreckage of his chairs . |
| 53 | But there were a few hurdles to jump first . |
| 54 | There were a few moments silence before they turned their backs to the church and , still holding hands , sang : |
| 55 | There were a few wooden beach huts down by the shoreline . |
| 56 | There were a few points , however , that really should be addressed , and I list these below : |
| 57 | There were a few vicious Rockers too , in studded leather and chains , discussing gang-bangs , their favourite occupation . |
| 58 | By the mid Triassic there were a few groups of large herbivore reptiles , called rhynchosaurs , who were distant relatives of the lizards . |
| 59 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 60 | ‘ The problem is if there were a few kids out there who believed everything that Paul says and we did a really heavy religious or political song and some kid was influenced by it … it would be dangerous , ’ argues Ashley . |