Example sentences of "the few [noun pl] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
2 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
3 | Unhappily now we are older it has all disappeared , and we must fight again just to retain the few rights we still have , such as state pensions and what is left of the health service . |
4 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
5 | One of the few occasions I ever saw him and the only one in which we sat face to face . |
6 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |