Example sentences of "had a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Almost all the stations and halts on the line had a thriving goods and passenger business , the railways then being THE PRIME MOVER , and the only efficient means of transport over great distances . |
2 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
3 | He 's they 've opened an account with us and had a few bits and baps off us , so |
4 | Erm , he worked , he was their sort of erm they had a few clubs and pubs in this area at the time and er |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
7 | We sat there and had two or three or four and it got to 11 o'clock and we had a few sandwiches and things like that , and we just sat there talking . |
8 | if it had a few twists and curls round it and little things like that and bits of gold plate on it I mean that they 'd go for it , but er , because it 's made for its purpose and do n't want it . |