Example sentences of "[pers pn] only have a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 2 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 3 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 4 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 5 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 6 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 7 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 8 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 9 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |