Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 2 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
| 3 | Unhappily now we are older it has all disappeared , and we must fight again just to retain the few rights we still have , such as state pensions and what is left of the health service . |
| 4 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 5 | One of the few occasions I ever saw him and the only one in which we sat face to face . |
| 6 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 7 | For a few moments she just floats there , experiencing the feeling . |
| 8 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 9 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 10 | Once in place there is very little movement and although two lenses are heavier than once , after a few runs you hardly notice the difference . |
| 11 | After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before . |
| 12 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 13 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
| 14 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 15 | He told us that , at the time was unemployed , and within a few days he even gave the date and place where she signed on for unemployment benefit . |
| 16 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 17 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |