Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 … in every way like the man , as a twin brother and companion , haunting him as his shadow , both before and after the original is dead ; and was also often seen of old to enter a Hous , by which the People knew that the Person of that Liknes wes to Visite them within a few days .
2 They assumed that , after a career as a player that was a rewarding one despite a few hiccups , I would n't have the stomach to come back in . ’
3 And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh .
4 This was an older narrow definition , in fact the only one until a few years ago .
5 Parliament had some regard for the rights of property ; the old Company was allowed to run in competition with the new one for a few years , and of course in India the old Company had advantages in organization , in diplomatic connections , and in possessing established forts and factories .
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