Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Other species may not have such a long store of seed in the soil but would soon come back if left uncontrolled for a few years . |
| 3 | ‘ Promotion to top slot within firm possible within a few years . |
| 4 | Yet democracy , both in ancient Greece and in the politics of the past two centuries , has never been achieved without a struggle , and that struggle has always been , in good part , a type of class struggle , even if it is very simply characterized , as it was by many Greeks , as a struggle of the many poor against the few who are rich and well-born . |
| 5 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 6 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 7 | A royal smashed past a few feet to my left , then another took a dive down by sheltering bank , his hooves carving into the ground just a yard from my toes and spraying my legs with black peat . |