Example sentences of "[vb past] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
| 2 | For the most part the explosions caused few casualties and little material damage , but were effective in fostering an impression of insecurity . |
| 3 | Other important trading statements from Shell , Royal Insurance and British Gas caused few surprises and left little or no change in the share prices . |
| 4 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 5 | The campaign showed few issues and , with the Conservatives overwhelmingly backed up in the popular press , was wholly one-sided . |
| 6 | The song contained few words and had a different lyrical slant than most of his material . |
| 7 | He attended few matches and Alex Jones , the spokesman for the Hearts ' Supporters Federation , said : ‘ It 's fair to say he 'll not be missed . ’ |
| 8 | He concentrated on staying on the front foot , took few risks and made 35 from 45 deliveries with seven fours , then played Morrison on . |
| 9 | The National Socialist League won few converts and lost most of its original members . |
| 10 | He gave few signs that radical social reform was his long-term objective . |
| 11 | A LOW-KEY first half witnessed few chances until Cannon opened the scoring in the 35th minute with a cross-shot but Darwen equalised after the break through Pilkington . |
| 12 | These orders , valid into the next century , carried few conditions when granted and would not meet current environmental regulations . |
| 13 | In Brazil , there came a romanticism of Indian life , though by the time of the establishment of the Republic in 1889 , they had few rights and the rubber boom brought entrepreneurs to the uppermost headwaters of the Amazon followed by railways and telegraph lines . |
| 14 | He had few friends but many acquaintances . |
| 15 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 16 | He had few friends and many enemies . |
| 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 | He had few finances but had in his possession a letter of introduction to a fur trader called John Joseph Astor . |
| 19 | Previously they had few books or toys . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Fisher Row community had few surnames and they used the same Christian names over and over again . |
| 24 | Here , the District had few branches and had failed in its bid to secure funding for its own tutor-organiser . |
| 25 | 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 . |