Example sentences of "[adv] had a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 2 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 3 | Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 4 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 7 | He 's already had a few chances , but his time will come … bank on it . ’ |
| 8 | I 've just had a few drinks . |
| 9 | It had always had a few troops in its settlements to defend property locally , but even when it had begun building up its own little army it had only about 3,000 men in 1749 . |
| 10 | A winter-flowering cherry , planted in memory of someone in a place I can not visit to water regularly , bit the dust last spring , but a replacement seems to have become established and even had a few blossoms this winter . |
| 11 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |