Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
| 2 | Throughout the Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and through to the forties it was sustained by a few ambitious but poorly funded independent companies whose efforts received limited exposure . |
| 3 | They came to a halt at a barrier , assuming it was manned by a few nervous Italians . |
| 4 | Its herdbook was formed in 1892 and there was a breed society from 1920 to 1938 but it was reconstructed from a few remaining individuals , with the result that there was considerable inbreeding and a particularly popular bull , widely used for his whiteness , was later found to have spread a serious genetic defect ( hypoplasia ) correlated to the degree of whiteness . |
| 5 | It was used for a few emergency landings by Royal Air Force planes during the recent Falklands War . |
| 6 | This had no very radical consequences : it was dropped after a few years , Diodorus says ( xi.87 ) , because too many of the prominent citizens were thereby discouraged from engaging in political life . |
| 7 | It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released . |
| 8 | It was left behind a few days ago , Ramsbum does n't know by whom , and no one 's claimed it . ’ |