Example sentences of "[verb] few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claim is to be presented to the UN Compensation Commission , but the commission " set up after the war to co-ordinate claims against Iraq " has few funds at its disposal . |
| 2 | Within moments of climbing on board , Kelly could see why Billy Liar had won few friends at the yard . |
| 3 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 4 | She has come with Naomi and Mary-Catherine , and sees several other friends , but makes few attempts at conversation . |
| 5 | Admiral Croft , who has made his fortune at sea , makes few alterations at Kellynch ( minutiae apart , like an inconvenient laundry door ) . |