Example sentences of "[pers pn] have few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had few secrets from her . |
| 2 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 3 | I was never popular and I had few friends , but such friendships as I made were mostly lasting . |
| 4 | I had few friends . |
| 5 | At the time I had few qualms and found the role-playing exciting ; today I feel I was condescending to the people I deceived and I would not do it again . |
| 6 | I had few worries that she would suddenly take an interest in American history , but she might notice something out of place and the combination lock looked much more sophisticated than it actually was . |
| 7 | I have few doubts as to why . ’ |
| 8 | I have few comments to make , except that the sack survived very well , save for some sections of the Advent material used for the back and inside the shoulder straps , which were eaten by salt-seeking grasshoppers ! |
| 9 | I have few qualms about it . |
| 10 | I have few clues that would let me construct a picture of my mother 's childhood , that would explain her denial of mine as my own , and the rage that came with that denial . |
| 11 | She has few hopes of happiness in marriage . |
| 12 | She has few regrets , now that the truth is out . |
| 13 | She had few clothes , and fewer still suitable for the hot weather . |
| 14 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 15 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 16 | She had few friends to whom he objected as strongly as Bridget . |
| 17 | Onlookers were impressed by her vivid presence , but she had few views or wishes of her own , being content to follow her brother 's lead in literary , political , and religious matters . |
| 18 | It did n't happen often — when it came to personally assisting , she had few equals — but , when it did , she felt ridiculously guilty . |
| 19 | She had few regrets in leaving the house . |
| 20 | At 22 , Lottie felt she had few qualifications for such a sensitive job , but after his time with the Kindertransporte Freddie was more confident . |
| 21 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 22 | The stringent criteria for selecting our patients meant that we had few patients and it is possible that a difference in acid secretion between the patients with idiopathic DU and H pylori positive patients with DU could become apparent with greater numbers . |
| 23 | Even if we have few possessions or little wealth to give away , may we seek out opportunities to give of our time , our skills and our concern to those who need us . |
| 24 | ‘ There are but two , we have few offenders in the general way of things . |
| 25 | Most of the supreme mystics have been celibate , so we have few guides in discerning the beauty of conjugal love . |
| 26 | There are times , of course , when all goes well and we actually enjoy it , but at other times the cost seems too heavy and we have few people we can share the job with or who can understand . |
| 27 | Their variety of style and organization is equally remarkable , and it is regrettable that — owing to the fact that merely eight of them were published in his lifetime in miscellaneous collections of Arie spirituali ( 1640 ) and Ariette ( 1646 ) — we have few means of determining which are early works , which late . |
| 28 | The rooms he opened for her had few signs of childish occupation . |
| 29 | Back home they had few conveniences … every day Jill Worthington boiled up nappies for Sally . |
| 30 | They had few friends in France , and without them the dazzling night life meant nothing . |