Example sentences of "[verb] have 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 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent is also expected to have a few tricks up its sleeve for this week 's roll-out . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to have a few words with you , John . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies . |
| 9 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 10 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 11 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 12 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me . |
| 20 | ‘ We look to have a few problems , ’ he admitted yesterday . |
| 21 | So with the big firms , when you 're doing a full house and you you are n't just going to have a few bits like you would for a light removal , off you go and you estimate . |
| 22 | Yes , I think we defended quite well , obviously Ken erm is going to have a few saves each game anyway which I thought he done very well today . |
| 23 | I 'm going to have a few words with the professor . ’ |
| 24 | 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 ! ’ |
| 25 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 26 | My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this . |
| 28 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |
| 29 | He took a bottle of brandy into the toilet , intending to have a few sips . |
| 30 | I generally ask to have a few kicks before a big game , ’ Fox said . |