Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , she looked as if she 'd got a few bundles of twelve-page letters stuffed up her woolly even now . |
| 2 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 3 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 4 | Before the case was finished Dalgliesh would have received a dozen pictures of Lorrimer 's personality , transferred like prints from other men 's minds . |
| 5 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he seems to have made a complete balls of it , ’ said Sir Harry . |
| 7 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 8 | On Boxing Day I had accepted a few spoons of gravy , but only after considerable coaxing from Mick , having refused it twice already . |
| 9 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
| 10 | Well we 've got a few details of some drop in centres this afternoon . |
| 11 | ‘ See , we 've found a few seeps of underground water that 's close enough to the surface for things to grow . |
| 12 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
| 13 | I 've tried a few ways of getting it off her … offering to telephone for her and so on , thinking she might improve if that was off her mind … ‘ |
| 14 | Mark , whom I have already quoted in my discussion of the lab work , was a final-year student at A who , although he had obtained A level grades of AAAB , eventually failed his degree . |
| 15 | Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start . |
| 16 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 17 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 18 | The kite string is making an angle of forty degrees there and it 's got a hundred metres of the line payed out . |
| 19 | The Vietnamese , who have kept a few items of sunken treasure for a museum in Hanoi , but sent most of it for auction in the West , pronounced themselves well satisfied . |