Example sentences of "had a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jean Campbell , in 1817 , was an uneducated deaf person without any speech who could only write the initials of her name in reverse order , eg. C.J. She was an unmarried woman who had three children by different men , one of whom at the time of her arrest in April 1817 had been living with her as a common law husband but who had a few days earlier taken off the ring that he had given to her and which she wore on her finger in the fashion of a married woman , and had left home . |
| 32 | After dinner we all sat in the lounge , the camp supplied wine and Jerry supplied Scotch so we had a few drinks and said our farewells for the night and then back to our cabins were we slept on good mattresses . |
| 33 | He had such energy and drive , and liked to play hard as well as work hard , and had a few scrapes with his motorbike . |
| 34 | ‘ I had a few drinks , ’ Violet was stone-cold sober now . |
| 35 | Paddy made a gnashing gesture : he had a few brown nail-like teeth . |
| 36 | We have helped ourselves to a buffet , had a few drinks , watched television and played games , as though we were a large family . |
| 37 | When she finished , Nick had a few muttered words with his colleagues before asking her one or two questions , mostly concerning times , places and names . |
| 38 | With Buttons and the Mice cheering Cinders with Rock Around the Clock , the Ugly Sisters appearing to the strains of Walk Like a Man , the Prince as a look-alike of pop star Prince , a decorated Reebok glass slipper and a Thunderbird 4 coach , the script-writing team Foxanpelico Ltd. , had a few novel ideas to entertain young and old . |
| 39 | She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’ |
| 40 | She came along and we had a few words . ’ |
| 41 | Between 1019 and 1023 , Champagne fell into the hands of Eudes II , the count of Blois and Chartres , who had a few years earlier annexed Sancerre . |
| 42 | Roger , however had a few tricks of his own to counter with and a long hot summer season in Yarmouth was turned into ‘ The Wacky Races ’ . |
| 43 | In pursuit of land reform , in a country without large inequalities in ownership , party militants shot any old man they could find who had a few more acres than the rest , or whose social position , as arbiter of disputes , set him apart from others . |
| 44 | Unfortunately we had a few lapses of concentration at the start of the second half and you just ca n't afford that against a team as good as Australia . |
| 45 | There was practically none of the systematic planning and oversight which so characterised Bath and many other spas : that could only come from the implementation of a single plan by a great landowner and architect , and Brighton had a few of these . |
| 46 | He went and I had a few miserable weeks . |
| 47 | On one occasion , however , a devotee who had a few too many drinks took a mud-covered Cobra to his home with the intention of washing the snake . |
| 48 | As the lease still had a few months to run , this section was worked as a further extension of the South Norwood line , using Croydon Corporation Milnes four wheelers . |
| 49 | I had a few pictures unfinished and decided to finish one or two . |
| 50 | A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn . |
| 51 | At best they had a few lectures in coastal pilotage before joining the minor craft — those carried aboard ships . |
| 52 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 53 | We sat there and had two or three or four and it got to 11 o'clock and we had a few sandwiches and things like that , and we just sat there talking . |
| 54 | For example , if you bought some apples from a market stall and they were mostly bad and you already had a few apples at home and if , say , your bus had arrived , it might be perfectly legitimate to do absolutely nothing about the situation and avoid any discussion about it . |
| 55 | ‘ We had a few minutes waiting around , ’ Frank said . |
| 56 | He had a few convictions for petty crimes when he was out of work but had got away with fines in the past . |
| 57 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
| 58 | You could say I had a few choice words with him . ’ |
| 59 | in addition , I have a Blue Ring Angel which at the time of purchase had a few white-spot-like fluffy things on the edges of his fins . |
| 60 | , writes : A FRIEND maintains that about 10 years ago he boarded a train in London , played cards and had a few drinks and did n't leave the train until he reached Paris . |