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The phrase "a few bones" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to a small number of bones, often in a literal sense related to anatomy or a figurative sense in expressions or idioms. Example: "After the meal, there were just a few bones left on the plate."
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There's nothing there except a few bones.
He crashes his car into a tree, but merely breaks a few bones.
FLAUNTING an old tooth and a few bones is an unusual way to attract tourists and distract voters.
Quite a few commentators (and your correspondent, via Twitter) had a few bones to pick with Ms Samuel's argument.
I would say in his zeal to trim the fat, he began eliminating muscle and hacked into a few bones.
Only part of a skull, a few bones and shredded clothes remained when the police searched the pen.
They are happy to throw a few bones to the religious right (which is why development aid is such a convenient target).
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — First, there were just a few bones and body parts, found in a valley beyond the sprawl of this wild city.
A few bones (such as the clavicle and the calvarium) develop within a condensed region of fibrous tissue without a cartilaginous intermediate (membrane bone formation).
And clever because he threw a few bones to the non-liberals listening in the form of promises about charter schools.
We do know some things for sure, because Buckingham Palace has thrown us a few bones of information, maintaining its usual aura of semi-helpful but distant majesty.
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