Example sentences of "were [adv] a few people " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was afraid ; there were only a few people left where he was and not much food . |
| 2 | It was in a narrow side street and there were only a few people watching . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As I said last year , there were quite a few people out on the walkways , so it was very rarely you got anybody walking through . |
| 5 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 6 | There were quite a few people about , women as well as men , nearly all Indians , some of them on mules . |
| 7 | As it was only eleven thirty in the morning there were quite a few people who thought that it would be fun to go out and play in the floods and others who were just lending a hand to those in difficulty . |