Example sentences of "have [adv] had a few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home .
2 ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime .
3 We 'd only had a few dates .
4 ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’
5 We 'd all had a few drinks .
6 They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ?
7 Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe .
8 Meurdesoif , whose firm agreed to pay a £1,250 fine , claimed he had only had a few drinks with lunch on a cross-channel ferry .
9 I 've just had a few drinks .
10 Renault , who supply the £100,000 engines — changed every 400 miles — said : ‘ We 've already had a few people on to us saying they 're not going to buy our cars .
11 It had always had a few troops in its settlements to defend property locally , but even when it had begun building up its own little army it had only about 3,000 men in 1749 .
12 He 's already had a few chances , but his time will come … bank on it . ’
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