Example sentences of "have [verb] a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 2 | Barnes , one of nature 's smiling gamblers , on and off the field , has encountered a few false dawns through the years . |
| 3 | The neck has been bound quite well , although the fret end-filing has left a few untidy marks along the way . |
| 4 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 5 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 6 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 7 | But if you looked carefully at the left-hand side , where there was a glass-enclosed porch , you might have noticed a few little birds flying around , the odd flash and flitter of coloured wings . |
| 8 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 9 | I might have tried a few quick manoeuvres to lose those shadows . |
| 10 | We may have to make a few small changes but generally speaking we can get in pretty cleanly |
| 11 | But you appear not to have noticed a few glaring facts like that women in general do n't rape men , or beat them up , or design weapons or make the laws and enforce them or hold enough jobs of influence and authority to make an iota of difference to the way this bloody patriarchal shit-heap is run . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And no doubt to have acquired a few personal commitments . ’ |
| 13 | As soon as he had completed a few successful assignments , word was passed around and more business came his way . |
| 14 | To Fokine , Les Sylphides was mimed dance because he had incorporated a few conventional gestures into his choreography . |
| 15 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've collected a few broken bones and they 're newly set . |
| 17 | We 've seen a few encouraging signs in the past month or two — Bellamy addressing the Confederation of British Industry , for instance , and Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , daring to finance an energy -efficiency campaign . |
| 18 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
| 19 | They 've got a few respectable names , of course . |
| 20 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 21 | And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there , |
| 22 | It 's Tuesday , so no , no doubt you 've got a few local games on the cards ? |
| 23 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 26 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 27 | In comparison South Africa had played a few unconvincing trials fitted into the domestic Currie Cup programme . |
| 28 | Afterwards we had spent a few stolen days at the ski resort of Grindelwald , in the shadow of the Eiger North Face . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This month , with time at a premium , we 've taken a few short cuts to preparing delicious Christmas fare : we bought a cooked gammon to transform into a glorious centrepiece with a crunchy nut , honeyed glaze . |