Example sentences of "[adv] the few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am left to live out my life with only the few possessions I have managed to buy from my pension , because of Gary . |
| 2 | She had just begun to settle into her neat flat , and although it was n't furnished expensively the few pieces she had were chosen with loving care . |
| 3 | I put away the few clothes I had brought , together with photos of Mother and Father , and another one — a head and shoulders portrait of Clare , looking happy and unconcerned about her legs . |
| 4 | Even the few hours she put in gave her life some purpose . |
| 5 | Even the few examples we have seen illustrate how species with biparental care tend to be monogamous , species in which only the female looks after the young tend to be polygynous , and species in which only the males care for the young tend to be polyandrous . |
| 6 | Stirling sensibly argued that it was illogical to form two new battalions when the few men he required were being denied him . |