Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] few [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 2 | We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to . |
| 3 | ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ? |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't say as much for the few farmers I 've met — always with the exception of Mr Jarvis , of course . |
| 5 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 6 | Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year . |
| 7 | There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed . |
| 8 | They just do n't like to get involved in something which is ongoing for a few weeks you know . |
| 9 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 10 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 11 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 12 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 13 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 14 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 15 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 16 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 17 | She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button-through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . |
| 18 | One of the few things we do n't know , though , are their slogans . |
| 19 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 20 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 21 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 22 | Er , one of the paradoxes of the modern era as er , pointed out by Tom Peters , not by me , one of the few things I do not claim original thought on , erm , is , is that it 's not that we , people think that we do n't have enough information at our fingertips and are constantly striving to gather more and more , the opposite is actually true . |
| 23 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 24 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 25 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 26 | So that 's one of the few options you 've got at the moment . |
| 27 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 28 | One of the few skills I possess is the ability to type with ten fingers . |
| 29 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 30 | Erm , so we are particularly pleased to have you here because we know as well that the G M B is in the forefront of erm establishing activity within Europe , one of , one of the few unions I think is that the only unions will have an office open in Brussels . |