Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless . |
| 2 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 3 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 4 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 5 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 6 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
| 7 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
| 8 | They had met a few days after Mina had stood up at the end of a recital in the Usher Hall at Edinburgh to announce that she would very much like to stay here in England ( a tiny mistake the Scots reporters had kindly ignored ) rather than return to East Germany . |
| 9 | Once they have pasted a few posters in a Punjabi town , the instruction on them becomes law . |
| 10 | As yet unsigned , they have played a few gigs but are still in the process of ‘ refining ’ the music . |
| 11 | They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine . |
| 12 | Indeed they have suggested a few areas where the pattern recogniser seems quite weak . |
| 13 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 14 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 15 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |