Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I had a few casual relationships after I left the Sorbonne . |
2 | You could say I had a few choice words with him . ’ |
3 | Most of my school mates were black , though I had a few white ones . |
4 | I had a few nagging associations , a snatch of a song ( ‘ Beautiful Dreamer ’ ) , a girl 's name ( Lissa ) , and a big white room like hospital ward . |
5 | ‘ I had a few sleepless nights , ’ confessed Hodkinson , whose draw , which he later avenged , came against Thomas Arguelles two years ago . |
6 | He went and I had a few miserable weeks . |
7 | I have a hundred different ways to earn a living . |
8 | I have a few minor caveats about Windows for Dummies . |
9 | Did you have a few unsolved crimes that needed tying up ? ’ |
10 | If you 've a few grey hairs and want something more lasting try their colouring emulsion for grey hair which lasts two to three months . |
11 | She had a few tawdry memories — and the constant presence of the woman who wanted to be his wife to deal with . |
12 | She said she had a few hair-raising experiences , mainly from people who have had too much to drink . |
13 | You have a hundred poisonous names . |
14 | If you have a few grey hairs and want to blend them in , lowlights are subtle with a natural result . |
15 | To minimise the chances of failure , make sure you have a few big Mobs rather than lots of small ones . |
16 | As images are hard to shake and difficult to change , you have a proper public relations job on your hands . |
17 | But we had a few other cards up our sleeves we were waiting to play : we 'd brought two furry friends along with us . |
18 | We had a few concluding words about the literary scene in London , which he thought to have reached a pretty low ebb . |
19 | ‘ We had a few minor hiccups getting the tunnels and heating equipment commissioned but we were able to fill our first shed in July . |
20 | We had a few broken windows , ’ he says . |
21 | We have a few other rooms to go , er , with my family as opposed to living on my own . |
22 | ‘ We have a few big employers who are always asked for money , but they are suffering from donor fatigue , ’ says Paul Johnson , regional director for Business in the Community . |
23 | We avoid this ‘ it all depends ’ qualification if we have a few fundamental skills that apply in all situations . |
24 | We have a few social events during the year , and it is also nice to write to our friends . |
25 | ‘ They had a few minor cuts and bruises and slight shock . |
26 | They have a co-ordinated public relations campaign which gets their message across . |
27 | There is nothing fearful in elliptic integrals Their definitions are fairly simple , they are nicely tabulated and they have a few interesting interrelations . |
28 | He has a few sharp words to say about smoking on page 18 — definitely NOT an ingredient of a healthy lifestyle in his professional book . |
29 | He has a few lucid moments every now and again . |
30 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |