Example sentences of "[adv] had a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 4 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 5 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 6 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She still had a few hours of useful painting time left , but now she could not concentrate . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The only problem was that we nearly had a few fatalities . |
| 19 | I also had a few problems trying to create a link between a table in a document and the spreadsheet the data came from . |
| 20 | ‘ I do remember , at the discussions with Verity , they even had a few sketches done of the kind of clothes she would wear . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |