Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 2 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 3 | The incompetence of the king , and the arrogance and greed of the Despensers , had so alienated men from the court that none except the few who profited from the king 's favour would fight for him . |
| 4 | Visible now only in the panoramic view , the young woman appeared to be throwing something towards the few remaining Counsellors . |
| 5 | Ian , 73 , was the only one of The Few to bid a final farewell to the base . |
| 6 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
| 7 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 8 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 9 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 10 | She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips . |
| 11 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |
| 12 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 13 | undermined by those who see them as an alternative channel for immigration , the many spoiling it for the few yet again . |
| 14 | The many spoiling it for the few yet again . |
| 15 | Rather than give young children charcoal immediately on presentation , we suggest confining it to the few who develop symptoms — in a dose sufficient to increase elimination of the drug . |
| 16 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |
| 17 | " All communities divide themselves into the few and the many . |