Example sentences of "[prep] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After few moments he hung up . |
| 2 | The type is one of few aeroplanes which can be adapted for those with any form of physical handicap , which would otherwise preclude them from captaining a ‘ normal ’ aircraft . |
| 3 | Whether or not this is so , few would deny that Abbado is a sound choice , a man of few words who nevertheless commands great respect among orchestral players and is as highly praised for his Rossini as for his Mahler , his Mozart or his Brian Ferneyhough . |
| 4 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 5 | ‘ Naturally these past few years it has n't been worn . |
| 6 | For anyone with few possessions who chose to contract a variety of debts , said Lord Althorp in a Commons debate in February 1820 on a Bill that would refine the 1813 legislation , it would only be ‘ a slight visitation ’ to have to surrender them to his creditors . |
| 7 | With few exceptions it would be extremely difficult to redraw those frontiers to prevent an ethnic group being a minority in a republic . |