Example sentences of "[adv] had [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 2 | We only had a few paving slabs but a large area to cover , so decided to lay the slabs in islands . |
| 3 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 4 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 5 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 6 | A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 9 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 10 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 11 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 12 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 13 | I only had a few wee tablets that pump the vein |
| 14 | She only had a few , few lessons lychee , what else ? |
| 15 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 16 | I know him , he 's a mate , probably just had a few and he 's sleeping it off . |
| 17 | For example , if you bought some apples from a market stall and they were mostly bad and you already had a few apples at home and if , say , your bus had arrived , it might be perfectly legitimate to do absolutely nothing about the situation and avoid any discussion about it . |
| 18 | He supposed now , trying to look at himself dispassionately , he still had a few good points — but he was old , old , old , he told himself sternly . |
| 19 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 20 | As the lease still had a few months to run , this section was worked as a further extension of the South Norwood line , using Croydon Corporation Milnes four wheelers . |
| 21 | She still had a few hours of useful painting time left , but now she could not concentrate . |
| 22 | He fancied his bowling , always had a few Cotswold tales to tell — quite often about fellow cricketers — and could sink an evening pint with the best . |
| 23 | You always had a few explanations for why something did something and you could never pick out which — why it did it … you could explain it in several ways , and it just was n't positive enough for me . |
| 24 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 25 | The only problem was that we nearly had a few fatalities . |
| 26 | I also had a few problems trying to create a link between a table in a document and the spreadsheet the data came from . |
| 27 | ‘ I do remember , at the discussions with Verity , they even had a few sketches done of the kind of clothes she would wear . |
| 28 | Roger , however had a few tricks of his own to counter with and a long hot summer season in Yarmouth was turned into ‘ The Wacky Races ’ . |