Example sentences of "few [prep] [pers pn] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 2 | Only a few of them have any idea what it is like for school to be a persistent diet of boredom , incomprehension and failure . |
| 3 | Although the majority submit willingly to this process , very few of them have any choice in the matter . |
| 4 | Few of us felt any sympathy for them , because apart from the beatings which we had received on their accounts , we all knew the rules by now , and being caught and failing in any way was wrong . |
| 5 | Few of us have any idea of how much water we use on an average day . |