Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the houses were boarded up and so were the few shops . |
| 2 | Inside were a few necessities , a large bearskin , a stove , some kindling wood , a chopper , even a very hard garlic sausage hanging from a beam . |
| 3 | Milling around outside were a few Cinderellas in ballgowns anxiously adjusting their wigs and checking their patches . |
| 4 | Working with a different pianist each night provided an infinite variety of the best and worst musicians in the country , and among the best were the few who listened with a different ear , who could lose the rest of the world and let voice and instrument be controlled by a joint spirit . |
| 5 | Apart from the abductees , the only people who stood out were a few suits . |
| 6 | It turned out there were a few acres of good hunting land just to the south of the barn . |
| 7 | ‘ Any who were inclined to doubt it , an ’ there were a few , finally got th'message when Ben here got the soup kitchen vans busted , an' the Narcs proved they 'd bin the main drugs distribution points fer supplyin' the street pushers , usin' the charity food handouts to the city down-an'-outs as a cover . |