Example sentences of "[art] few drinks " in BNC.
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1 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
2 | ‘ Gets better after a few drinks . |
3 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
4 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
5 | So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before . |
6 | But it can be a bit dangerous if you 've had a few drinks , because you keep pumping the thing up and forgetting about it . ’ |
7 | She confides , ‘ He gets a few drinks and wants to wipe everybody out . ’ |
8 | He was bought a few drinks by workmates then took off on his own , round various bars , to finish the job properly . |
9 | Still , after all the outdoor activity in the fresh air , many people do n't last much beyond dinner and a few drinks ! |
10 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
11 | If David was to have a few drinks it would all come out . |
12 | Our engineer friends had collected crusty rolls from the dining room and , after a few drinks themselves , had set out to experiment with the sea-gulls ' capacity for whiskey . |
13 | Later we can have a chat about this business over a few drinks . ’ |
14 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |
15 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
16 | It was mostly the village pub at Bourn we went to , or the similar one at Great Gransden , where we would sit in front of the fire and have a few drinks , and Henry would try to get Rosemary into a corner . |
17 | After dinner we all sat in the lounge , the camp supplied wine and Jerry supplied Scotch so we had a few drinks and said our farewells for the night and then back to our cabins were we slept on good mattresses . |
18 | It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks . |
19 | She could n't know who Dennis might have told , man to man , after a few drinks . |
20 | The plastic potted plants , a wild profusion , looked real , for , a few drinks in you , it might be a bar in Seville , which was , of all the places she had been , her most romantic city . |
21 | ‘ I had a few drinks , ’ Violet was stone-cold sober now . |
22 | If you want to spend your Sundays curled up on the sofa , watching television , and having a few drinks , why not ? |
23 | We have helped ourselves to a buffet , had a few drinks , watched television and played games , as though we were a large family . |
24 | I took a few drinks up there ( including some for Zak and Donna , which amused them ) , and on my way down the stairs saw the backs of Mercer , and Bambi , Filmer and Daffodil , as they walked through the lounge towards the door to the private car . |
25 | ‘ It 'ud do to buy us a few drinks with , Sam , ’ a woman called from the far end of the smoke-blackened room . |
26 | She went in for a drink one time , she liked a few drinks around midday , she used to say it helped the long hot afternoons slide by , ’ and Nathan smiled to himself , because he could hear her saying it . |
27 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
28 | ‘ I 'm delighted and I guess we 'll have a few drinks to celebrate . ’ |
29 | Meurdesoif , whose firm agreed to pay a £1,250 fine , claimed he had only had a few drinks with lunch on a cross-channel ferry . |
30 | It is a social ritual , somewhat akin to a few drinks after work . |