Example sentences of "have had a [noun] or [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When she 'd had a moment or two to look around Michele said , ‘ Those are the items for exhibition . ’
2 She 'd had a glass or two of wine , and it had helped to float her off .
3 Oldham manager Joe Royle would make no comment , but his centre forward Graeme Sharp said : ‘ Cambridge adapted better to the windy conditions and could have had a goal or two more . ’
4 ‘ Harriet might have had a glass or two that morning but she was n't drunk !
5 Even if the convert claims to have had a dream or religious experience , it is likely ( although perhaps not inevitable ) that it fitted in with a world-view with which he was previously acquainted ( through either the written or the spoken word ) , or else , that his experience will be interpreted by a believer in his new world-view .
6 One hundred and seven patients , 102 ( 95% ) of whom had had a vagotomy or partial gastrectomy ( Table I ) , were referred because of suspected rapid gastric emptying as a cause or feature of dumping syndrome and diarrhoea , or both ( Table I ) .
7 We 've had a decade or more of development corporations and government enterprise zones , and most them seem to have been environmentally brutal .
8 I 've had a drink or two .
9 because he 's had a spell or two at Stowmarket
10 But she 's very kind and she can be very funny , when she 's had a drink or two . ’
11 ‘ He 's had a drink or three , that 's all . ’
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