Example sentences of "when [pers pn] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I 've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative . |
| 2 | It might be more acceptable when you 're older , when you 've had a few kids , to be fatter . |
| 3 | The Draconian armies swept down from his sleevies ( think about it ) , and overran the Elven lands of Qualinost ( try saying that when you 've had a few ! ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few . |
| 5 | I mean once she 's tidied up she 's nice looking when she 's had a good polish and what have you . |
| 6 | ‘ Then , when we have had a little early supper and a drink , we go shopping . |
| 7 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 8 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 9 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 10 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |
| 11 | When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet . |
| 12 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 13 | Dad was a jolly chap sober , or could be , but when he 'd had a few he thought himself a bit of a lady-killer . |
| 14 | If you 'd heard him talk about her when he 'd had a few you 'd think different . |
| 15 | Usually when he 'd had a few . |
| 16 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 17 | When he 's had a bad day he looks really sad . |
| 18 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |