Example sentences of "he few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But Wilson , who was more visible during the election than many ministers , would be well advised not to pen an account of the real campaign — his version of the Alliance 's 1987 effort won him few friends .
2 Endill 's habit of asking questions made him few friends .
3 It would win him few friends in the offices of Century , few cosy evenings with his subordinates in the clubland of Mayfair .
4 Sununu 's abrasive and often arrogant personal style won him few friends during his three-year tenure at the White House .
5 She was , he guessed , in her late thirties , and was uncompromisingly plain in a way it struck him few women nowadays were .
6 Life , Blanche soon discovered , had given him few reasons to do so .
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