Example sentences of "[pron] had few " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time I had few qualms and found the role-playing exciting ; today I feel I was condescending to the people I deceived and I would not do it again . |
| 2 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 3 | I was never popular and I had few friends , but such friendships as I made were mostly lasting . |
| 4 | I had few secrets from her . |
| 5 | I had few friends . |
| 6 | I had few worries that she would suddenly take an interest in American history , but she might notice something out of place and the combination lock looked much more sophisticated than it actually was . |
| 7 | Many of our clients were from sections of society which had few previous dealings or contacts with the police . |
| 8 | However , one group of Americans which had few social aspirations and lacked political prejudice was that of the young architects , less critical of the man than they were impressed by the buildings and the city he had created , and they returned to the United States inspired by what they had seen . |
| 9 | She had few regrets in leaving the house . |
| 10 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 11 | At 22 , Lottie felt she had few qualifications for such a sensitive job , but after his time with the Kindertransporte Freddie was more confident . |
| 12 | It did n't happen often — when it came to personally assisting , she had few equals — but , when it did , she felt ridiculously guilty . |
| 13 | She had few clothes , and fewer still suitable for the hot weather . |
| 14 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 15 | As for family , she had few of them . |
| 16 | She had few female friends , for most of her sex saw her as a threat and a shrewish one at that . |
| 17 | Onlookers were impressed by her vivid presence , but she had few views or wishes of her own , being content to follow her brother 's lead in literary , political , and religious matters . |
| 18 | She had few friends to whom he objected as strongly as Bridget . |
| 19 | Afterwards the girl , who had few close friends in Britain , returned to University College , on the outskirts of London , unable to tell anyone of the ordeal . |
| 20 | There was some evidence , however , that for fascism to evolve in Britain , it needed to recruit new members from the lower middle and working classes , who had few , if any , previous political connections . |
| 21 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 22 | The stringent criteria for selecting our patients meant that we had few patients and it is possible that a difference in acid secretion between the patients with idiopathic DU and H pylori positive patients with DU could become apparent with greater numbers . |
| 23 | The rooms he opened for her had few signs of childish occupation . |
| 24 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 25 | What made it more difficult for the social workers in Orkney , she said , was the very small size of the department ; they had few colleagues with whom to share the stress . |
| 26 | They had few friends in France , and without them the dazzling night life meant nothing . |
| 27 | There were indeed three men of £200 at Cirencester , a major centre of the West of England wool trade , but they had few peers locally ; Newbury had four big clothiers , including the son of the legendary John Winchcombe , who was worth £630 , but here too there was no concentration of wealth comparable with that of Suffolk . |
| 28 | Previously they had few books or toys . |
| 29 | as indeed they were in 1922–23 , but they had few prospects under coalition . |
| 30 | Back home they had few conveniences … every day Jill Worthington boiled up nappies for Sally . |