Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 2 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 3 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 4 | During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name . |
| 5 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 6 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 7 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
| 8 | Moran was unassertive and attentive in the few minutes they discussed the game afterwards . |
| 9 | In the few moments they stood looking at each other , both were acutely aware they were cut off from the rest of the world . |
| 10 | In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there . |
| 11 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
| 12 | As she looked down at this small collection of his personal belongings , she realized that she had never thought of him as having any reality beyond the few hours they had spent together at the cottage . |
| 13 | There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed . |
| 14 | It was n't that the Captain had anything specific to ask him , but on the few occasions they had worked together the Marshal had always had something helpful to offer . |