Example sentences of "[vb past] of [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | His note consisted of a few words , impersonal , noncommittal , on a tiny scrap of paper written with a burned matchstick . |
| 2 | The congregation of St Nicholas consisted of a few poor people from the neighbourhood and otherwise of less poor people from various parts of the city or from Birkenhead across the Mersey . |
| 3 | My celebration consisted of a few beers with my caddie friends at Edinburgh station and on the night train . |
| 4 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |
| 5 | The rest of us left Addis Ababa by train on the morning of 1 October 1933 , arriving three hours later at Mojjo , which consisted of a few sheds and huts . |
| 6 | because there must be some give and take in the deal and the Purchaser would probably proceed on the same terms even if it knew of a few minor breaches — the Purchaser should not be able to bring a claim after completion for those kinds of problems ; |
| 7 | " The neighbourhood was not very populous and during the first three days our visitors were few , some children from the village below , a gypsy woman or two with dark eyes , who carried of a few halfpence , and perhaps a chance passer by . |