Sentence examples for a skeleton crew of two from inspiring English sources

(Even now, he keeps a skeleton crew of two writers on retainer).

When "Celebration" funding ran out, the staff was laid off, leaving a skeleton crew of two: Gary McCraw, Koons's studio manager, who had been with him since 1990, and Justine Wheeler, an artist from South Africa, who had arrived in 1995 and eventually took charge of the sculpture operation.

During the past two winters, the Denis brothers have helped keep a benevolent eye on things because the number of forest rangers has been cut back to a skeleton crew of two.

Ms. Seimetz made the film for around $70,000, with a skeleton crew of eight.

It is operated by a skeleton crew of six full-time employees, including two program managers, a receptionist, and three security guards.

A skeleton crew of three people, compared with a staff of 300 employees at its peak, will remain until officials decide whether to continue the cleanup effort next year.

Belarus expelled the American ambassador in 2008, and the embassy in Minsk has been working with a skeleton crew of five diplomats.

In 2006 Mr. Fan and a skeleton crew of three began documenting the effects of industrial change on this family, with whom he spent three years, on and off.

Meanwhile, Christian Wiklund's company Skout was down to a skeleton crew of three people after burning much of the $4.6 million it had raised since being founded in 2007.

You might not think it from the amount of controversy the agency has generated recently, but the FCC has been operating on a skeleton crew of three commissioners since the beginning of the year.

The film was produced on a budget of only $7,000 US, and a skeleton crew of five.