Example sentences of "[coord] the few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She subscribed on the face of it to the proposition that we are not put here to be happy , although she was the first to complain if she , or the few people she loved , were not . |
| 2 | Daddy gone , Sambo gone , Mrs Dibdin gone — and the few relics we had left from the olden days all sold , and the house up for sale … ’ |
| 3 | The definition ‘ Bangladeshi ’ refers to infants whose mothers were born in Bangladesh , and the few mothers who were born or grew up in Britain . |
| 4 | The nurses and the few mothers who had managed to be available on Christmas Eve sang ragged and loud . |
| 5 | The State Department appears to have been riven between ‘ Arabists ’ and the few analysts who , like Mr Teicher , considered that Israel might prove at least as valuable a strategic ally as Iran , Iraq or Saudi Arabia . |
| 6 | We still use the old byre for milking and the few cows I keep do n't call for a new mechanical milker . |
| 7 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 8 | There were not many trees in the poorer part of the city but the few trees there were , preserved to give shade in the little squares , were full of birds . |