Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly for the king who died , and for the politicians who survived , the last two years of the reign had given few grounds for pleasure , in sharp contrast to the enormous activity and success of the previous decade . |
| 2 | Within moments of climbing on board , Kelly could see why Billy Liar had won few friends at the yard . |
| 3 | But the latest news was discouraging — they had met few supporters on the road down Keltney , a handful from the far side of Tummel , not a soul from Rannoch . |
| 4 | The Soviet Union had made few preparations for occupation of north Korea in August 1945 . |
| 5 | His isolated Ottery childhood had provided few opportunities for exploring the possibilities of friendship . |
| 6 | Unemployment was higher in Torbay than nationally and the DHA had provided few opportunities for work , most of its effort going into the operation of a light industrial unit at Newton Abbot . |
| 7 | Time had left few furrows on that bull strong face , sunburnt like his sinewy neck … . |
| 8 | SENIOR Bulgarian Communist Party leaders yesterday offered to resign after high-level accusations that they were closely associated with the fallen hardline leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , and had implemented few changes since coming to power . |