Example sentences of "a few people [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few people were staring . |
| 2 | No one was hurt in the rush hour blast but a few people were taken to the Royal Free Hospital , Hampstead , suffering from shock . |
| 3 | A few people were on the platform , the station staff busied themselves with mail bags and other items of luggage and parcels , at last the guard blew his whistle . |
| 4 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
| 5 | A few people were real risk-takers ; these types were often company directors , and inveterate investors . |
| 6 | Only a few people were interested in how it all began . |
| 7 | I ca n't A few people were charged with it . |
| 8 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 9 | The crowd had thinned out now and only a few people were left , dancing in a desultory fashion on the dimly-lit stage . |
| 10 | A few people were about , returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry . |
| 11 | The arable side of the local economy had been destroyed and whereas many had once found employment in growing corn only a few people were now needed to tend the flocks and herds . |