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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxvii. 401 Wunede þa sume feawa daga mid þam Godes þeowan binnon þære byrig.

lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 124 Wunode þa get mid him sume feawe [L. aliquot] dagas.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 150 Some fewe sentences whiche the lernar shall fynde before the begynnyng of the sayd vocabulyst.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 71 A pecke..of malte and some few honey.

1747 S. Fielding Familiar Lett. David Simple II. xxxviii. 243 There being some few Women, who cannot admire..the Object of Mens Admiration.

1876 J. Saunders Lion in Path iii He went straight on to the noble palace that had been placed at the service of James II some few years before.

1992 Hist. Jrnl. 35 766 Easter fell on 30 March in 1483, some few days before Edward IV's death.

1533 T. More Apologye xxxvi. f. 195 This pacifyer..hath ben ther by persuaded to thynke that many other folke sayde and knewe the thynge that some few told hym for very treuth.

a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon v. 111 in Dramatic Wks. (1875) 294 Jud. He is the first subject that ever made himself a Knight. Her. Not by some few, my lord.

1737 J. Drummond Mem. Locheill (1842) 127 He made some few of them prissoners.

1840 Western Farmer & Gardener Oct. 16/1 We have apples, pears, and peaches..; some few are good, but by far the greater part unworthy of garden room.

1991 Jrnl. Cryptol. 3 109 Imagine a company that deals with large numbers of documents each day, some few of which are later found to be incriminating.

2004 J. P. Gee Situated Lang. & Learning Introd. 1 Some feared I would continue... Some few might have hoped I would continue.