Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun pl] [conj] remain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen still looked doubtful , then she said tactfully , ‘ Sophie , I think we should leave Ian and Joanna alone for the few minutes that remain , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |
| 3 | On the few stumps that remained of Verdun 's noble forests on the Right Bank , the bark either hung down in strips , or else had long since been consumed by half-starved pack-horses . |
| 4 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
| 5 | In Lo stadio di Wimbledon , the young researcher is drawn in search of his elusive quarry by the few traces that remain : the occasional photograph ; a few letters and other writings ; the memories of surviving contemporaries . |