Example sentences of "[verb] had a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 2 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 3 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 4 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 5 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 6 | She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies . |
| 7 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 8 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 9 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 10 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 13 | Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head . |
| 14 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 15 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 16 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 17 | A game 's a game , but you could have piled me up back there , and then you 'd have had a few questions to answer ! ’ |
| 18 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 19 | My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one . |
| 20 | He had had a few hopes for Sally-Anne Tunstall himself , had been sorry to see her go . |
| 21 | When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet . |
| 22 | I 've had a few copies made to be on the safe side : solicitors , banks … you know . |
| 23 | Now normally over each break there 's not that much there 's I 've had a few students who say they want lessons through the holiday cut normally not that much but this |
| 24 | B. A. I 've had a few scuffles — all the men have . |
| 25 | We 've had a few scares from the lasers so far , but when we get on the scene there 's nothing to see . ’ |
| 26 | I 've had a few blokes , a few more blokes than you . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind . |
| 29 | ‘ I think Have I Got News For You is a very difficult show to do and we 're both lucky because we 've had a few goes at it , ’ says Merton . |
| 30 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |