Example sentences of "few did " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 2 | A few did escape , of course . ’ |
| 3 | A few did not agree with Mr Knightley 's decision to allow the quarry to go ahead , even with certain provisos , and they were prepared to say so and explain why . |
| 4 | If people had money ( and few did ) there was no one left to produce their suits or costumes . |
| 5 | By the mid-1980s , the leftist policies had been reversed and China was operating more meritocratic principles for selecting those entering the educational elite , yet the social make-up of the successful few did not reflect the totality of the whole society . |
| 6 | Of those who did marry , comparatively few did so as young as 20 . |
| 7 | It also reflects the fact that many of the younger , landowning county MPs were simply absent from Westminster ; as Yeomanry officers they were liable for service in wartime and , although the Yeomanry could not be compelled to serve abroad , few did not volunteer . |
| 8 | ‘ Few did . |
| 9 | Although only one in five of the mothers in this book had positively wanted to have a baby , and a few did n't mind , the rest had no particular wish to get pregnant and were rather shocked to discover that they were . |
| 10 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |
| 11 | The matron of Sunningdale was an easy-going woman who let visitors come pretty well when they pleased , this entailing no great inconvenience as few did please . |
| 12 | Er maybe some , I think quite a few did it for money because money was short in , really . |
| 13 | A few did succeed in reaching the border , however , and on Aug. 13 at least 15 dissidents cut through a barbed wire fence only to be arrested as they rushed towards the Demilitarized Zone which divided the two Korean states . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , few did . |
| 15 | Some of the patients samples showed extremely high sICAM-1 concentrations with up to 1.700 ng/ml while only few did not differ from the control group . |
| 16 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 17 | A few did this by appealing to a providentialist explanation . |
| 18 | The thought never struck me during the game , though a few did start shouting for him . |
| 19 | Despite the infectious music and Pierre Le Rue 's exhortations to the audience to rise from their seats and come towards the stage , precious few did so . |