Example sentences of "few people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few people went to the seafront at night ; a follower would be fairly easy to spot . |
| 2 | Few people lived in the north the whole time and in the south a large proportion of the permanent residents were slaves . |
| 3 | Before the study began , few people knew about the dolphin , but the upsurge in public interest prompted many locals to claim that they were seeing more dolphins recently than ever before , whereas in fact they had probably just taken greater notice of something that had always been there . |
| 4 | Although the institute now has a staff of 28 at its Kensington headquarters , it copes with the collection only because few people know about the free public listening service that it offers . |
| 5 | Few people know about the great lengths and the key behind the scenes roles French and Fordham played in South Africa 's return to the international rugby scene . |
| 6 | Few people know about the work of Y Care International , the charity that Yasmin le Bon supports so enthusiastically . |
| 7 | There were , undoubtedly , people with AIDS before 1981 , but careful retrospective studies have shown that it was rare and affected few people compared to the numbers now involved . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe in the short term it is an advantage to a few people working in the car industry but it only encourages more people to generate more pollution . ’ |
| 9 | A few people sat on the floor ( no chairs in the drama studio ) and jumped straight to their feet again as an outbreak of jeering laughter told them that they 'd got it wrong . |
| 10 | Then they had to brace themselves to pass the few people standing along the church wall . |
| 11 | There were , a few people stood around the main entrance but I |
| 12 | There were few people left in the street . |
| 13 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |