Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] have a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I want to have a few words with you , John .
2 I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career .
3 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
4 It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes .
5 By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention !
6 Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’
7 Of course , I do have a few problems , but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication .
8 However , I do have a few reservations about the display of the pack .
9 Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester .
10 I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles .
11 I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’
12 I 've had a few blokes , a few more blokes than you .
13 Now normally over each break there 's not that much there 's I 've had a few students who say they want lessons through the holiday cut normally not that much but this
14 I 've had a few copies made to be on the safe side : solicitors , banks … you know .
15 My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind .
16 B. A. I 've had a few scuffles — all the men have .
17 And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all .
18 I 've had a few numbers on . ’
19 but I 've had a few years out
20 When I 've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative .
21 I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent .
22 Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around .
23 Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate .
24 She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture .
25 She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies .
26 One shaper in a group is n't too bad , more than one shaper in a group you start having a few problems .
27 It might be more acceptable when you 're older , when you 've had a few kids , to be fatter .
28 You 've had a few callers .
29 But it can be a bit dangerous if you 've had a few drinks , because you keep pumping the thing up and forgetting about it . ’
30 Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep .
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