Example sentences of "have [vb pp] 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 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
3 | Barnes , one of nature 's smiling gamblers , on and off the field , has encountered a few false dawns through the years . |
4 | The neck has been bound quite well , although the fret end-filing has left a few untidy marks along the way . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I 'm sure he 'd got a few more bits of paper on his desk than what shall we do about P E Ps ? |
8 | She 'd left a few more pieces of trash on the dining-room floor : reminders of that time . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
13 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
14 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
15 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
16 | Tampopo might have sold a few more bowls of noodles and Babette 's Feast caused little hiccups of interest in historic cooking , but The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover plays around with the relationship between food , sex and death in a way that is bound to cause offence . |
17 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
18 | I might have tried a few quick manoeuvres to lose those shadows . |
19 | ‘ But if Mellor had not disputed our bill we could have survived a few more months in the hope that we would sell several houses on our books . ’ |
20 | 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 . ’ |
21 | ‘ And no doubt to have acquired a few personal commitments . ’ |
22 | As soon as he had completed a few successful assignments , word was passed around and more business came his way . |
23 | He said McPherson had stopped a few hundred yards on , gone to the boot of his car , returned and suggested they go back to Tarbert . |
24 | The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect . |
25 | To Fokine , Les Sylphides was mimed dance because he had incorporated a few conventional gestures into his choreography . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | ‘ You 've collected a few broken bones and they 're newly set . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
30 | They 've got a few respectable names , of course . |