Example sentences of "[vb past] one [prep] [art] few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For there , just at the point where canal and lake site coincide , she found one of the few recorded colonies of the narrow small reed , tenaciously clinging to the mud . |
| 2 | During his career at Chapman & Hall he became one of the few close friends of Evelyn Waugh , and in the Second World War took over many jobs in the firm , including that of production manager of the general list . |
| 3 | Whitham has come a long way from April 16 , 1988 when he won the Enkalon 1,000cc race and became one of the few English riders to score at Kirkistown at that time . |
| 4 | By his appointment as permanent under-secretary of state for the colonies in 1956 , he became one of the few overseas service officers to assume the top post . |
| 5 | Jill , charged to find the oldest building in town , located one of the few pre-earthquake buildings in downtown Jackson Square , part of the financial district . |
| 6 | The storm broke after the judges picked one of the few white girls among the 19 contestants for the title . |