Example sentences of "of [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously . |
| 6 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 7 | One of the few places we could go to on the camp at Binbrook without risk of being observed by the hierarchy was the Station cinema . |
| 8 | That is a fact , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , one of the few facts I can swear to , though I find it impossible to explain . |
| 9 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 10 | Over the course of a few weeks they will probably spend several hours in the bureau familiarising themselves with bureau practice before their formal selection interview . |