Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] more [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | 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 . |
2 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
3 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |