Example sentences of "only a few [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the development game , only a few countries benefited substantially from the conflict between the superpowers . |
| 2 | AS THE deadline approached for this quarter 's issue of Wood News , there was a certain amount of nervousness at John Wood House , since only a few stories had come through from our new network of Correspondents . |
| 3 | Only a few villages had piped water in their homes . |
| 4 | Showers were not compulsory and in fact only a few boys took advantage of this facility . |
| 5 | Only a few states held out against Europe as staunchly as did Ethiopia . |
| 6 | Only a few reports concerned the fate of oesophagitis , and then with relatively short follow up , although the typical patient is young or middle aged and thus has a life expectancy of several decades . |
| 7 | Only a few delegates sensed that pressing problems had been shelved . |
| 8 | Only a few girls told me that these matters were ever discussed within their families . |
| 9 | Only a few families supported him , the rest were either wavering or hostile . |
| 10 | " After seven hours we arrived in Ekondo Jundu , a village in a forest clearing , where only a few outsiders had been seen before . |
| 11 | Only a few steps brought him to within feet of her . |
| 12 | The overworked and gloomy chef in the main dining car had not lost his temper altogether and only a few passengers had grumbled that the roomettes were too cramped ; the most usual disgruntlement , George said . |
| 13 | Only a few gondolas glided past , and in the distance barges laden with fruit and vegetables were being taken to a market . |
| 14 | At the beginning of the fourth month , a young man who had been in only a few days attacked Carter with a knife . |
| 15 | However , only a few Nonjurors became active Jacobites , in the sense of being agents or conspirators . |
| 16 | On 18 February , following ‘ The Rout of Moy ’ , Inverness was occupied by the Jacobites without resistance , and three days later Fort George , the eastern pivot of Wade 's Highland line , capitulated after only a few shots had been fired . |