Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 2 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 3 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 4 | The defendant had moved a few weeks before to another address in the same town , but this fact was not discovered at the time . |
| 5 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |
| 6 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 7 | My term had ended a few days before the start of Crispin 's leave , so we had agreed to travel up separately , and meet on Moila itself . |
| 8 | The bookies are quoting us at 40–1 and you can bet one or two of the lads have got a few bob on us at those odds . |
| 9 | The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all . |
| 10 | During the previous day a major naval battle had ensued a few miles to the east , and had continued into the night — the ‘ Battle of Matapan ’ ; a resounding defeat for the Italian Fleet . |
| 11 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
| 12 | Still , it appeared her advent had summoned a little luck into his life , for suddenly they began to discover plentiful growths of grass potatoes , forest leeks and turtle-berries , a welcome change from the stringy little rabbits and bitter roots they had eaten until then . |
| 13 | One English girl had fallen a few yards behind her companions and , as thirty spectators looked on , lost her daysack , with its camera , cash and diary , in a tug-of-war with the thief . |
| 14 | Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes . |
| 15 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 16 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
| 17 | The 34-year-old ex-British Open champion has bought a former hotel at Dolphinton , Strathclyde , which he plans to convert into a luxury mansion . |
| 18 | Catherine has entered a few poetry competitions and written other short stories . |
| 19 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 20 | Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears . |
| 21 | Gerry Fitt reiterated the point about Czechoslovakia ( the Soviet invasion had occurred a few days before ) . |
| 22 | The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations . |
| 23 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 24 | His father had asked a few questions , and looked grave . |
| 25 | It was not completely unknown because my father had let a few art lovers see it , and , later on , some researchers into Modigliani . |
| 26 | I often took it with me when going to the allotment and felt very grown up on the return journey if my father had put a few vegetables in it . |
| 27 | On our drizzly recce day another stunning ‘ climb-me ’ crackline had got a few hearts fluttering — a beautiful , curving hand crack as a main course , a direct finish for dessert and a few spaced rings for spice . |
| 28 | The ground either end of the bridge had dropped a few inches . |
| 29 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 30 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |